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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
TopicContempt of court

Topic: contempt of court

AG consents to contempt proceedings against Kunal Kamra for 18 November tweet against CJI

New Delhi: Attorney General K K Venugopal Friday gave consent for initiating contempt proceedings against stand-up comic artist Kunal Kamra for his 18 November...

‘No apology, no fine’, Kunal Kamra says on possible contempt case over tweets against SC

In an open letter posted on Twitter, comedian Kunal Kamra says the 'silence' of Supreme Court cannot go 'uncriticized'. Attorney General gives consent to initiate contempt proceedings.

Comedian Kunal Kamra faces contempt proceedings for his tweets criticising SC bail to Arnab

AG K.K. Venugopal gave consent to 8 persons to initiate contempt of court proceedings against Kamra for his 'objectionable' tweets on SC order granting bail to Arnab Goswami.

Justice Arun Mishra shouldn’t have heard contempt case, Bhushan says in review plea in SC

Prashant Bhushan has cited 12 grounds to object to his 14 August conviction in a contempt case over two tweets that raised questions about the current and four former CJIs.

SC fines Bhushan Re 1 in contempt case, directs him to deposit it by 15 September

Prashant Bhushan will face three months in jail and be debarred for three years if he fails to pay the fine by 15 September.

Prashant Bhushan must express regret, says AG Venugopal, asks SC to let him go with warning

Reserving its verdict on Bhushan’s sentencing in the contempt case, the SC bench, led by Justice Arun Mishra, said criticism was welcome but not attack or attribution of motives.

Prashant Bhushan raises fresh questions in 2009 contempt case, to be heard by new bench

Supreme Court directs listing of the contempt case against Prashant Bhushan before another bench on 10 September because Justice Arun Mishra is due to retire on 2 September.

Prashant Bhushan’s refusal to apologise puts him in the same league as Gandhi and Mandela

Prashant Bhushan’s Gandhian submission to punishment by court when he could easily have apologised shows what it takes to struggle for democracy and freedom.

Mistake must be realised, and it must come from the heart, SC tells Prashant Bhushan

The bench asked advocate Prashant Bhushan to reconsider his statement, in which he did not apologise after being found guilty of contempt of court.

India turned a blind eye to Justice Karnan, an ‘outsider’. Prashant Bhushan is different

Hailing the Supreme Court judgment against Justice Karnan in 2017, Bhushan had tweeted, ‘Glad SC finally jailed Karnan for gross contempt of court’.

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Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

India carries out 1st patrol in Depsang since disengagement with China, to take things ‘slow’

While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.