Attorney General's Consent Sought to Initiate Contempt Proceeding Against Prashant Bhushan
4 years, 3 months ago

Attorney General's Consent Sought to Initiate Contempt Proceeding Against Prashant Bhushan

News 18  

An advocate has written to Attorney General K K Venugopal seeking his consent to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan for his remarks made during a recent interview to a newspaper. The letter by advocate Sunil Kumar Singh claimed the November 29 interview of Bhushan makes an “insinuation that Supreme Court of India does not function in an impartial manner.” According to the lawyer, the contents of the interview were prima facie “contumacious” and a “gross insinuation against the entirety of the top court”. Terming Bhushan a “chronic contemnor”, Singh said despite being there many contempt proceedings before the Supreme Court pending against him, he is not desisting from making “irresponsible, contemptuous and contumacious statements” against the honourable judges of the apex court. The Supreme Court had on August 31 imposed a “nominal fine” of Re 1 on Bhushan after he was convicted of criminal contempt for his two tweets against the judiciary, observing it was “showing magnanimity” instead of handing out any severe punishment.

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‘Disgraceful’: MP high court reports lawyer’s outburst to chief justice Kait
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6 days, 4 hours ago

‘Disgraceful’: MP high court reports lawyer’s outburst to chief justice Kait

Hindustan Times  

BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh high court at Jabalpur has flagged a lawyer’s outburst to chief justice Suresh Kumar Kait, underlining that the lawyer made “disgraceful and contemptuous remarks” during court proceedings on March 22. Justice Anuradha Shukla said the lawyer made “disgraceful and contemptuous remarks” during court proceedings on March 22 In a brief order, justice Anuradha Shukla recorded lawyer …

Contempt Plea In Violation Of Company Law Board's Order Can Be Initiated In HC Without Reference From Board: P&H High Court
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Contempt Plea In Violation Of Company Law Board's Order Can Be Initiated In HC Without Reference From Board: P&H High Court

Live Law  

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has made it clear that the Company Law Board is a court subordinate to the High Court, and contempt proceedings in violation of its order could be initiated by an aggrieved party without requiring a reference from it.Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Vikas Suri said, "there was no requirement for any reference becoming made …

Private Party Can't Seek Punishment For Contempt Of Court Without Prior Written Consent Of Advocate General: Jharkhand High Court Reaffirms
3 months, 1 week ago

Private Party Can't Seek Punishment For Contempt Of Court Without Prior Written Consent Of Advocate General: Jharkhand High Court Reaffirms

Live Law  

The Jharkhand High Court dismissed a contempt petition filed by an advocate, observing that it was not maintainable under the Contempt of Courts Act as the petitioner lacked locus and failed to fulfil mandatory requirements for initiating such proceedings. Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, in its decision, observed, “It is well settled if a private party seeks punishment for contempt of …

Advocates Can't Be Discourteous Or Use Intemperate Language Against Judges: Allahabad High Court
6 months, 1 week ago

Advocates Can't Be Discourteous Or Use Intemperate Language Against Judges: Allahabad High Court

Live Law  

In suo moto contempt proceedings against a lawyer, the Allahabad High Court has held that Advocates, being officers of the court must be courteous towards the Judges. The Civil Judge ), Kanpur Nagar made a reference to the High Court regarding conduct of the contemnor advocate in proceedings before the Court on 03.02.2023. The Presiding Officer and the High Court …

They were unwarranted, scandalous: SC expunges HC judge's remarks against apex court
7 months, 3 weeks ago

They were unwarranted, scandalous: SC expunges HC judge's remarks against apex court

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday expunged the observations made by a single judge bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the apex court in a contempt case, saying they were "scandalous" and "unwarranted".A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, however, refused to initiate proceedings against Punjab and Haryana High Court Judge …

Karnataka HC Recalls Order Initiating Criminal Contempt Against Advocate Who Misbehaved In Court After He Tenders Unconditional Apology
1 year, 1 month ago

Karnataka HC Recalls Order Initiating Criminal Contempt Against Advocate Who Misbehaved In Court After He Tenders Unconditional Apology

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has recalled its order directing the initiation of criminal contempt action against an advocate for misbehaving in court by throwing the case files, addressing the bench in a loud voice, and refusing to argue on merits after he tendered an unconditional apology before the court. A single judge bench of Justice K S Hemalekha allowed the …

Bombay Lawyers Association Moves Supreme Court To Disqualify Vice President, Law Minister Over Remarks On Basic Structure Doctrine, Collegium
2 years ago

Bombay Lawyers Association Moves Supreme Court To Disqualify Vice President, Law Minister Over Remarks On Basic Structure Doctrine, Collegium

Live Law  

Bombay Lawyers Association has approached the Supreme Court challenging High Court's order dismissing its PIL against Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and Law Minister Kiren Rijiju for their remarks in public about the basic structure doctrine evolved by the Top Court and the Collegium system for appointment of Judges.The Special Leave Petition states that the two public functionaries. Bombay Lawyers Association …

Calcutta High Court judge issues contempt proceedings against lawyers
2 years, 2 months ago

Calcutta High Court judge issues contempt proceedings against lawyers

The Hindu  

Justice Rajasekhar Mantha of Calcutta High Court on Tuesday issued suo motu criminal contempt proceedings against a group of lawyers who held protests and blocked his entry to court on Monday. Meanwhile, Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court Prakash Shrivastava expressed his displeasure over the developments on Monday. ‘Attempts to terrorize judiciary’ Reacting to the developments, Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of …

Misbehaviour With Lady Judge| Allahabad High Court Debars Advocate From Practising In UP Courts, Orders Security For Judge
2 years, 2 months ago

Misbehaviour With Lady Judge| Allahabad High Court Debars Advocate From Practising In UP Courts, Orders Security For Judge

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court has debarred an advocate, who misbehaved, insulted, and abused a lady judge posted in a court under the Bulandshahr Judgeship, from practicing law before the UP Courts. The Court has also ordered him to appear in person before HC on January 12.The Bench of Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Shiv Shanker Prasad passed this order …

Supreme Court Issues Contempt Notice To Advocate ML Sharma & AoR For Scandalising High Court In Petition
2 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court Issues Contempt Notice To Advocate ML Sharma & AoR For Scandalising High Court In Petition

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday took serious objection to the averments in a petition which attributed motives to a division bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in deciding a case and issued contempt notice to the lawyers connected with the Special Leave Petition- Advocate ML Sharma, Advocate-on-Record Deepak Goel.The Court also issued contempt notice to Vijay Singh, Assistant Accountant. …

AG K.K. Venugopal Refuses Consent To Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against Sr. Adv. Kapil Sibal
2 years, 6 months ago

AG K.K. Venugopal Refuses Consent To Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against Sr. Adv. Kapil Sibal

Live Law  

Venugopal has declined Adv. Vineet Jindal's request for consent to initiate proceedings for Criminal Contempt of Court against Senior Advocate and Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal. While talking about the independence of judiciary, Sibal had stated that– "A court where judges are instituted through a process of compromise; a court where there is no system to determine which case will …

Supreme Court closes 2009 contempt of court case against Prashant Bhushan
2 years, 7 months ago

Supreme Court closes 2009 contempt of court case against Prashant Bhushan

Op India  

On August 30, the Supreme Court of India closed the 2009 contempt of court case against advocate Prashant Bhushan and Tehelka founder Tarun Tejpal as the duo had tendered an apology/explanation to the court. In its order, the court said, “In view of the apologies made by the contemnors, we don’t deem it necessary to continue the matter.” The court …

SC drops contempt case against Prashant Bhushan, Tarun Tejpal
2 years, 7 months ago

SC drops contempt case against Prashant Bhushan, Tarun Tejpal

Firstpost  

The top court had in November 2009 issued contempt notices to Bhushan and Tejpal for allegedly casting aspersions on some sitting and former top court judges in an interview to a news magazine. Tejpal was then editor of the magazine New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dropped a contempt case against activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan and journalist Tarun Tejpal filed …

Bar Council condemns Prashant Bhushan remarks against Supreme Court
2 years, 7 months ago

Bar Council condemns Prashant Bhushan remarks against Supreme Court

Op India  

The Bar Council of India on Saturday heavily criticized advocate Prashant Bhushan for his recent remarks against the apex court. This is days after advocate Prashant Bhushan passed critical comments about the Supreme Court and its judges. On August 10, Bhushan addressed a webinar organized by the Indian American Muslim Council and said that in its recent judgments in the …

Advocates request Attorney General to initiate contempt proceedings against Kapil Sibal
2 years, 7 months ago

Advocates request Attorney General to initiate contempt proceedings against Kapil Sibal

Op India  

Advocates Vineet Jindal and Shashank Shekhar Jha have written separate letters to Attorney General of India KK Venugopal asking him to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against Senior Advocate and Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal. Sibal’s statement was aired widely speculated on internet and News Publication in which Mr.Sibal has passed derogatory and scandalous statements in context of Hon’ble Supreme Court …

Remarks Against Judiciary : Madras High Court Issues Second Contempt Notice Against Savukku Shankar
2 years, 7 months ago

Remarks Against Judiciary : Madras High Court Issues Second Contempt Notice Against Savukku Shankar

Live Law  

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has again issued notice to Youtuber/Commentator for his remarks against the Indian Judiciary in a recent Youtube interview where he made the below remark:"The entire higher judiciary is riddled with corruption"When the matter came up before the bench of Justice GR Swaminathan and Justice B Pugalendhi today, the court issued notice to …

Remarks Against Judiciary : Madras High Court Issues Second Contempt Notice Against Savukku Shankar
2 years, 7 months ago

Remarks Against Judiciary : Madras High Court Issues Second Contempt Notice Against Savukku Shankar

Live Law  

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has again issued notice to Youtuber/Commentator for his remarks against the Indian Judiciary in a recent Youtube interview where he made the below remark:"The entire higher judiciary is riddled with corruption"When the matter came up before the bench of Justice GR Swaminathan and Justice B Pugalendhi today, the court issued notice to …

Judiciary Not Immune From Criticism But Action Must Be Taken When Based On Distorted Facts To Intentionally Lower Court's Dignity: Delhi High Court
2 years, 8 months ago

Judiciary Not Immune From Criticism But Action Must Be Taken When Based On Distorted Facts To Intentionally Lower Court's Dignity: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

While observing that Judiciary is not immune from criticism, the Delhi High Court has observed that such criticism cannot be based on distorted facts or gross misrepresentation of material averments to intentionally lower its dignity and respect.Justice Jasmeet Singh, who was dealing with an appeal raising allegations against Trial Court and High Court judges, issued notice to the. While observing …

AG Refuses Sanction For Contempt Action Against Retired HC Judge & 2 Senior Advocates For Comments On SC In Nupur Sharma Case
2 years, 8 months ago

AG Refuses Sanction For Contempt Action Against Retired HC Judge & 2 Senior Advocates For Comments On SC In Nupur Sharma Case

Live Law  

The Attorney General for India KK Venugopal refused to grant sanction to initiate criminal contempt action against former High Court judge Justice SN Dhingra and Senior Advocates Aman Lekhi and K Ramakumar for their comments criticising the Supreme Court's remarks in Nupur Sharma case.The AG declined the sanction sought by Advocate CR Jaya Skin, who alleged that the comments were …

After OpIndia, letter seeks contempt proceedings against retd Justice Dhingra for criticising SC judges' statements in Nupur Sharma case
2 years, 8 months ago

After OpIndia, letter seeks contempt proceedings against retd Justice Dhingra for criticising SC judges' statements in Nupur Sharma case

Op India  

An advocate by the name of Jaya Sukin has fired off a letter to Attorney General KK Venugopal, seeking permission to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against retired Judge SN Dhingra, and advocates Aman Lekhi and Rama Kumar. BREAKING: Advocate Jaya Sukin writes to AG KK Venugopal for consent to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against Justice SN Dhingra, Senior Advocates Aman …

TMC’s Saket Gokhale asks AG to initiate contempt proceedings against us: Here is why this is a hill I am willing to die on
2 years, 8 months ago

TMC’s Saket Gokhale asks AG to initiate contempt proceedings against us: Here is why this is a hill I am willing to die on

Op India  

On the 1st of July, ex-spokesperson for BJP Nupur Sharma approached the Supreme Court to save her life. The observations by the Judges while dispensing the case did not make it to the written order making these remarks their personal opinions and not the opinions of the Supreme Court – the institution. These are the tweets in question by OpIndia …

AG grants consent for contempt proceedings against Ajeet Bharti again
3 years, 1 month ago

AG grants consent for contempt proceedings against Ajeet Bharti again

Op India  

On Tuesday, Attorney General KK Venugopal granted consent to initiate contempt of court proceedings against YouTuber and journalist Ajeet Bharti for his alleged objectionable remarks against the Supreme Court of India. “The statements are vulgar, vituperative, outrageous and gross and undoubtedly tend to lower the authority of the Supreme Court and would seriously undermine the confidence of the people in …

SC gives final opportunity to Vijay Mallya to appear before it in contempt case
3 years, 1 month ago

SC gives final opportunity to Vijay Mallya to appear before it in contempt case

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Thursday gave a final opportunity to fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya, accused in bank loan default case of over Rs 9,000 crore involving his defunct Kingfisher Airlines, to appear before it personally or through his lawyer in a contempt case where he has been found guilty. The top court said it has given multiple opportunities to Mallya …

Supreme Court Gives Last Chance To Vijay Mallya To Appear In Sentence Hearing In Contempt Case
3 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court Gives Last Chance To Vijay Mallya To Appear In Sentence Hearing In Contempt Case

Live Law  

While giving last opportunity to fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya to appear, the Supreme Court of India on Thursday expressed a clear intention to go ahead with the sentence hearing in the contempt case against him, and posted the matter for hearing on February 24th, 2022.Vijay Mallya was found guilty of contempt in 2017 for disobeying court's orders in not disclosing …

Attorney General Grants Consent To Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against Yati Narsinghanand Over Remarks Against Supreme Court
3 years, 2 months ago

Attorney General Grants Consent To Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against Yati Narsinghanand Over Remarks Against Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Attorney General for India KK Venugopal has granted consent to initiate contempt proceedings against the 'Dharam Sansad' leader Yati Narsinghanand over his recent 'derogatory remarks' against the Constitution and the Supreme Court of India.The consent has been granted in response to a letter by an activist Shachi Nelli seeking to initiate contempt against Yati Narsinghanand for his. The Attorney …

Contempt Action Sought Against Yati Narsinghanand Over Remarks Against Supreme Court
3 years, 2 months ago

Contempt Action Sought Against Yati Narsinghanand Over Remarks Against Supreme Court

Live Law  

An activist has written to the Attorney General for India seeking consent to initiate contempt proceedings against the 'Dharam Sansad' leader Yati Narsinghanand over his recent 'derogatory remarks' against the Constitution and the Supreme Court of India. The letter of Shachi Nelli addressed to the AG has stated that in an interview given to Vishal Singh that went viral on …

Tempting To Contempt – Authentic Or Anathematic?
3 years, 2 months ago

Tempting To Contempt – Authentic Or Anathematic?

Live Law  

Scandalising the court Lord Atkin, the famous British Judge while dealing with a contempt case in 1936, observed: "Justice is not a cloistered virtue: she must be allowed to suffer the scrutiny and respectful, even though outspoken, comments of ordinary men." Justice Ruma Pal, a former Judge of the Supreme Court, flayed the use of contempt, where she said, "Judges …

Attorney General declines consent for contempt case on Bhim Army chief
3 years, 5 months ago

Attorney General declines consent for contempt case on Bhim Army chief

Op India  

Attorney General KK Venugopal has refused to give consent to initiate a contempt proceeding against Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad, despite agreeing that he had made scurrilous allegations against Supreme Court and its judges. Attorney General KK Venugopal agrees that Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad made scurrilous allegations against Supreme Court and its Judges but declines to give consent for …

Attorney General Refuses Consent To Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb
3 years, 5 months ago

Attorney General Refuses Consent To Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb

Live Law  

The Attorney General for India KK Venugopal last week declined to grant consent to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against Tripura's Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb for his comments allegedly made against the Judiciary.The AG was considering a letter forwarded by Supreme Court lawyer, Abu Sohel requesting him to grant consent under Section 15 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. …

Tripura's Advocate General Declines Consent To Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against CM Biplab Kumar Deb
3 years, 6 months ago

Tripura's Advocate General Declines Consent To Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against CM Biplab Kumar Deb

Live Law  

The Advocate General for Tripura Siddhartha Shankar Dey today declined to grant his consent to initiate contempt of court proceedings against State's Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb for his alleged remarks "insulting the Courts of India and for scandalizing and attempting to lower its dignity".The letter requesting AG Dey's consent was sent by a law student, Yashraj Singh Chauhan and …

Attorney General sanctions contempt proceedings against Ajeet Bharti
3 years, 6 months ago

Attorney General sanctions contempt proceedings against Ajeet Bharti

Op India  

Attorney General KK Venugopal has given his consent to initiate contempt proceedings against journalist Ajeet Bharti for a video where he is alleged to have made objectionable comments against the Judiciary. Earlier in July, Kritika Singh from Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, had written to the attorney general for sanction to initiate contempt proceedings against Ajeet Bharti, LawBeat …

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta Declines Consent To Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against Justice Markandey Katju
3 years, 7 months ago

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta Declines Consent To Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against Justice Markandey Katju

Live Law  

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Friday declined to grant his consent to initiate contempt of court proceedings against Ex-Supreme Court Judge Markandey Katju for his alleged contemptuous remarks against the Indian Legal system and the Supreme Court of India while giving a deposition in the Nirav Modi extradition case.UK Court Rejects Justice Katju's Opinion Against Indian Judiciary In. Solicitor General …

The chequered legacy of a Chief Justice of India
3 years, 11 months ago

The chequered legacy of a Chief Justice of India

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court of India in the last five years during the tenure of the last four Chief Justices of India, has seen an unprecedented fall — from being an independent custodian of justice, to becoming an instrumentality of the government. Editorial | Belated, but welcome: On Supreme Court move on migrant workers Far from being a custodian of citizens’ …

Attorney General Refuses Consent To Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against Rahul Gandhi
4 years ago

Attorney General Refuses Consent To Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against Rahul Gandhi

Live Law  

The Attorney General for India KK Venugopal on Tuesday declined to grant consent to initiate criminal contempt of proceedings against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for his statements against judiciary.The AG observed that Gandhi's statements made a general reference to "judiciary" and contained no specific reference to the Supreme Court. The Attorney General for India KK Venugopal on Tuesday declined to …

AG Venugopal refuses nod for contempt proceedings against ex-CJI Gogoi
4 years, 1 month ago

AG Venugopal refuses nod for contempt proceedings against ex-CJI Gogoi

Hindustan Times  

Attorney general KK Venugopal has refused to give his nod for initiating contempt proceedings against former Chief Justice of India and now Rajya Sabha MP Ranjan Gogoi for his comments on the Supreme Court at a recent event. Justice Gogoi, during the event telecast on February 12, used the term “ramshackle” for the judiciary and added that one would be …

"For The Good Of The Institution": AG KK Venugopal Refuses Consent For Contempt Proceedings Against Former CJI Ranjan Gogoi
4 years, 1 month ago

"For The Good Of The Institution": AG KK Venugopal Refuses Consent For Contempt Proceedings Against Former CJI Ranjan Gogoi

Live Law  

Attorney General of India KK Venugopal has refused to give his consent for initiation of contempt proceedings against Former Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi for statements made by him during an interview. A request was made by activist Saket Gokhale seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against Gogoi for his statements about the Judiciary and the Supreme Court.While refusing to grant consent,. …

SC suo motu registers contempt case against Rajdeep Sardesai: Details
4 years, 1 month ago

SC suo motu registers contempt case against Rajdeep Sardesai: Details

Op India  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday registered a suo motu criminal contempt case against the controversial journalist Rajdeep Sardesai for making a series of statements against the judiciary on Twitter in August last year. Supreme Court registers suo motu Criminal Contempt case against Rajdeep Sardesai for tweets criticising court, months after AG KK Venugopal denied consent report by @DebayonRoy#SupremeCourt #ContemptofCourt @sardesairajdeep …

Inadvertent: SC Clarifies No Contempt Proceedings Against Sardesai
4 years, 1 month ago

Inadvertent: SC Clarifies No Contempt Proceedings Against Sardesai

The Quint  

The Supreme Court website showed that the case against Sardesai was registered by the Supreme Court based on a petition by one Aastha Khurana. Earlier, Attorney General KK Venugopal had refused to grant consent to Khurana to initiate contempt proceedings against Sardesai. On August 14, the day advocate Prashant Bhushan was convicted for contempt of court, Sardesai had tweeted, “Prashant …

A case for contempt? Kunal Kamra, the stand-up comedian taking on India’s Supreme Court
4 years, 3 months ago

A case for contempt? Kunal Kamra, the stand-up comedian taking on India’s Supreme Court

The Independent  

Indian stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra didn’t crack jokes about the country’s Supreme Court in order to get laughs. If they think they are beyond criticism, they should write this in the constitution and admit that ‘yes, we are the puppet of the ruling regime’,” Kamra says of the court’s judges. Kamra won’t stop joking about the Supreme Court’s handling of …

Supreme Court to rule on contempt of court petitions against Kunal Kamra on Friday
4 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court to rule on contempt of court petitions against Kunal Kamra on Friday

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court said it will pronounce its order on Friday on a batch of petitions seeking initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against Kunal Kamra for his alleged scandalous tweets against the apex court. The Supreme Court on Thursday, 17 December, said it will pronounce its order on Friday on a batch of petitions seeking initiation of criminal contempt proceedings …

Contempt Of Court-Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Prashant Bhushan's Plea For Intra-Court Appeal Before Review Petitions Are Adjudicated
4 years, 3 months ago

Contempt Of Court-Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Prashant Bhushan's Plea For Intra-Court Appeal Before Review Petitions Are Adjudicated

Live Law  

Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed an application filed by Advocate Prashant Bhushan seeking a direction from the top court that the two plea's praying review of the orders of conviction for contempt of court be heard after the adjudication of the petition raising the issue of right of appeal.A three Judge Bench of the Supreme Court comprising of Justices AM …

Contempt of Court- Prashant Bhushan Moves Supreme Court Seeking Hearing On Plea For Intra-Court Appeal Before Review Petitions Are Adjudicated
4 years, 3 months ago

Contempt of Court- Prashant Bhushan Moves Supreme Court Seeking Hearing On Plea For Intra-Court Appeal Before Review Petitions Are Adjudicated

Live Law  

Advocate Prashant Bhushan has moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction from the top court that the two plea's praying review of the orders of conviction for contempt of court be heard after the adjudication of the petition raising the issue of right of appeal.On August 14, 2020 the Supreme Court held Bhushan guilty of contempt of court in the …

Attorney General Grants Consent For Contempt Action Against Artist Rachita Taneja For Illustrative Tweets Against Supreme Court
4 years, 4 months ago

Attorney General Grants Consent For Contempt Action Against Artist Rachita Taneja For Illustrative Tweets Against Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Attorney General for India, KK Venugopal has granted consent to a law student for initiating contempt of court proceedings against a comic illustrator Rachita Taneja, for her illustrative tweets depicting Supreme Court being hand in glove with the ruling party, BJP.The first tweet against which the AG has given consent for contempt is an illustration of Arnab Goswami intimidating. …

AG declines consent for contempt case against Prashant Bhushan, says he expressed regret for tweet on CJI
4 years, 4 months ago

AG declines consent for contempt case against Prashant Bhushan, says he expressed regret for tweet on CJI

Firstpost  

The consent of the topmost law officer was sought by advocate Sunil Singh to initiate contempt proceedings against Bhushan for his tweet, saying that the activist-lawyer connected ’the personal life of CJI’ with a pending case before him New Delhi: Attorney General KK Venugopal has declined consent for initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against Prashant Bhushan for his tweets in …

Attorney General declines contempt case against Prashant Bhushan
4 years, 4 months ago

Attorney General declines contempt case against Prashant Bhushan

Op India  

Attorney General KK Venugopal declined to grant consent for initiation of contempt proceedings against contempt of court convict Advocate Prashant Bhushan. A Supreme Court Advocate Sunil Kumar Singh had written to the AG in October seeking his consent to initiate contempt proceedings against Bhushan for his tweets targeting the Chief Justice of India SA Bobde. Attorney General slams Prashant Bhushan …

"He Expresses Regret": AG Declines Consent To Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against Prashant Bhushan For His Tweet Over CJI 's MP Visit
4 years, 4 months ago

"He Expresses Regret": AG Declines Consent To Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against Prashant Bhushan For His Tweet Over CJI 's MP Visit

Live Law  

Attorney General KK Venugopal has refused to grant his consent for initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against Advocate Prashant Bhushan for his recent tweet over CJI Bobde's visit to Madhya Pradesh. In October 2020, Advocate Sunil Kumar Singh had written a letter to the AG against Bhushan's tweet which had questioned the CJI for using a "special chopper" provided by …

'Grossly Vulgar': AG Grants Consent for Contempt Proceedings Against Kunal Kamra Over Fresh Tweet Targeting CJI
4 years, 4 months ago

'Grossly Vulgar': AG Grants Consent for Contempt Proceedings Against Kunal Kamra Over Fresh Tweet Targeting CJI

News 18  

Attorney General K K Venugopal Friday gave consent for initiating contempt proceedings against stand-up comic artist Kunal Kamra for his November 18 tweet, saying it was grossly vulgar and obnoxious and tended to lower the authority of the Supreme Court. The top law officer had last week granted consent for initiation of contempt proceedings against Kamra for his earlier tweets …

[Breaking] Law Student Files Contempt Petition Against Kunal Kamra Over His Tweets On Supreme Court With Sanction From Attorney General
4 years, 4 months ago

[Breaking] Law Student Files Contempt Petition Against Kunal Kamra Over His Tweets On Supreme Court With Sanction From Attorney General

Live Law  

Skand Bajpai, a fourth-year law student at New Law College, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed to be University has moved Supreme Court seeking to initiate criminal contempt of Court proceedings against comedian Kunal Kamra, after he obtained the required sanction from Attorney General KK Venugopal.He has approached the Supreme Court under Article 129 of the Constitution of India read with Section 15. …

Attorney General Gives Nod to Contempt Proceedings Against Kunal Kamra for Tweets 'Critical' of SC
4 years, 4 months ago

Attorney General Gives Nod to Contempt Proceedings Against Kunal Kamra for Tweets 'Critical' of SC

News 18  

Attorney General KK Venugopal on Thursday granted consent for initiation of contempt proceedings against stand-up comic artist Kunal Kamra for his tweets allegedly criticising the Supreme Court. “The tweets which I am extracting below are not only in bad taste but clearly cross the line between humour and contempt of the court,” said Venugopal in his letter to one of …

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