Supreme Court reserves verdict on punishment to Prashant Bhushan in contempt case
Prashant Bhushan was convicted of contempt of court for scandalizing the judiciary by his tweets against CJI SA Bobde and four other former CJI’s.
The Supreme Court has reserved its verdict on the same. Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, who represents Bhushan urged the SC not to make him a martyr.
The Justice Mishra asked Dhavan, “If we decide to punish him, what should be the punishment?”
"A general message, not even a reprimand....My humble and most respectful submission is don't make Prashant Bhushan a martyr, Like what happened after Babri was demolished and Kalyan Singh was convicted of contempt." said Dhavan to the bench led by Justice Arun Mishra.
“If the top court wants to bar Bhushan from practice, it will have to hear him first.” He added.
Attorney General KK Venugopal said, "My suggestion would be to give a quietus to this matter without getting into that exercise."
In the pre-lunch session, he had suggested a warning to Bhushan would suffice.
Dhavan said, "Although AG says a reprimand is in order, I'll say a general statement is enough and there is no need to reprimand him."
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Prashant Bhushan had on Monday refused to apologise for his contemptuous tweets scandalising the judiciary and asked the Supreme Court to recall its August 14 order convicting him of contempt of court.
-PTC News
