Supreme Court today issued a judgement in contempt case as Prashant Bhushan to Pay Rupees One, Fine by September 15.
Delhi: Prashant Bhushan, Senior Supreme Court Lawyer-activist held guilty of contempt for his tweets criticizing the Chief Justice of India SA Bobde and the Supreme Court today has been fined Rupees One by the Supreme Court.
Prashant Bhushan has been instructed to pay the fine by September 15, failing which he will be sentenced to three months in jail and he cannot work as a lawyer for three years.
Earlier Prashant Bhushan says to Court, Apologizing is “Contempt to My Conscience”
Advocate activist Prashant Bhushan has submitted in the Supreme Court that he would not be apologizing for comments he made which the court held him in contempt for.
In a supplementary statement submitted to supreme court on Monday, Bhushan told the court, “My tweets represented this bonafide belief that I continue to hold. Public expression of these beliefs was I believe, in line with my higher obligations as a citizen and a loyal officer of this court. Therefore, an apology for expression of these beliefs, conditional or unconditional, would be insincere. …If I retract a statement before this court that I otherwise believe to be true or offer an insincere apology, that in my eyes would amount to the contempt of my conscience and of an institution that I hold in highest esteem.”
He repeated on Monday that his statements were made in good faith and as “constructive criticism”, and that he has the greatest respect for the apex court as an institution.
“I believe that the Supreme Court is the last bastion of hope for the protection of fundamental rights, the watchdog institutions and indeed for constitutional democracy itself. It has rightly been called the most powerful court in the democratic world, and often an exemplar for courts across the globe. Today in these troubling times, the hopes of the people of India vest in this Court to ensure the rule of law and the Constitution and not an untrammeled rule of the executive,” Prashant Bhushan said in statement.
Read the Full story below…
You can get instant news and articles from Hyderabad Post
Click to Like/Follow/Subscribe us on Facebook – Twitter – Telegram – Instagram – WhatsApp – YouTube – Reddit – Koo