Contempt Of Court Contempt Of Court Not Bench
The supreme court on friday held advocate prashant bhushan guilty of contempt in a case registered against him over two of his tweets a bench headed by justice arun mishra said the court will hear the arguments on the quantum of punishment on august 20.
Contempt of court contempt of court not bench. Bhushan constitutes an abuse of the court s contempt jurisdiction which for good reason is to be exercised sparingly and with circumspection. The top court had not agreed to the contention of senior advocate dushayant dave representing bhushan that the separate plea had raised objection against the manner in which the contempt proceedings were started without the opinion of attorney general k k venugopal and it be sent to another bench. Bench headed by justice arun mishra says bhushan committed serious contempt with his tweets about cji bobde and the supreme court will decide sentencing after. The supreme court on friday held advocate activist prashant bhushan guilty of contempt of court over his two tweets on the supreme court and the office of the chief justice of india.
Contempt of court often referred to simply as contempt is the offense of being disobedient to or disrespectful toward a court of law and its officers in the form of behavior that opposes or defies the authority justice and dignity of the court. Advocate prashant bhushan was held guilty in a contempt case by the supreme court on friday. Supreme court reserves verdict in 2009 prashant bhushan contempt case supreme court bench led by justice arun mishra to hear advocate prashant bhushan s plea against sc secretary general for listing the contempt petition filed against him on the judicial side without the. Advocate prashant bhushan was today found guilty of criminal contempt of court by a three judge bench of the supreme court over two tweets posted last june that were critical of the judiciary.
The apex court in november 2009 had issued a contempt notice to bhushan and tejpal for allegedly casting aspersions on some sitting and former top court judges in an interview to a news magazine. A similar attitude towards a legislative body is termed contempt of parliament or contempt of congress. In case we do not accept the explanation we will hear the matter. It is interesting to note that the 108 page judgment delivered by the bench of justices arun mishra br.