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Supreme Court Initiates Suo Moto Criminal Contempt Action Against Prashant Bhushan
Swarajya StaffJul 21, 2020, 07:37 PM | Updated 07:37 PM IST
Prashant Bhushan during a press conference at the Press Club of India (Ajay Aggarwal/ Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Twitter India has also been named as a party in the contempt of court proceedings which will be heard by a three judge bench led by Justice Arun Mishra. The matter is said to have stemmed out of some tweets posted by Bhushan.
It should be noted that a criminal contempt case dating back to 2009 is pending against Bhushan. The last hearing in the matter was conducted in 2012.
During the course of the hearing Justice Kaul said that Bhushan casts aspersions on the judiciary whenever he does not get a favourable relief and added that, “You don't have faith on us. How can we hear you. An order can always be criticised."
