News Update Supreme Court initiates contempt of court against Kunal Kamra and Rachita Taneja 18 Dec 2020 The Supreme Court on Friday initiated contempt proceedings against stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra and cartoonist Rachita Taneja for scandalising the court and the highest judiciary with their tweets. In November,…
News Update Uttrakhand High Court’s order regarding Maharashtra Governor is stayed by Supreme Court 8 Dec 2020 Background Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari was send a contempt of court notice by the Uttarakhand High Court for not paying the rent for government bungalow when he was chief…
News Update Indian Medical Association files contempt petition for non-payment of salaries 3 Dec 2020 As per the Direction of the Supreme Court passed on 17th June, the governments of all states and union territories had to ensure payment of salary to all healthcare workers…
News Update Contempt of court petitions filed against CEC, political parties for Bihar Elections 22 Nov 202022 Nov 2020 A Delhi-based lawyer, Brajesh Singh had filed a petition before the Supreme Court on November 6, naming the Chief Election Commissioner, Sunil Arora, Bihar's electoral officer, HR Srinivasa and the…
News Update Attorney General grants Consent to initate Contempt against the Comedian Kunal Kamra 20 Nov 2020 The Attorney General for India, KK Venugopal has granted his consent for initiation of contempt proceedings against comedian Kunal Kamra, over his latest tweet passing comments on the Chief Justice…
News Update Andhra Pradesh HC: Magistrate can also be held for contempt of court along with police officers 17 Nov 2020 In Jangala Sambasiva Rao v. State of A.P., the instant criminal petition was filed to quash the FIR wherein the petitioner was accused 1 was alleged to have committed the…
News Update “Secret proceedings” in UK are delaying Vijay Mallya’s extradition: MEA 6 Oct 2020 A division bench of Justices UU Lalit and Ashok Bhushan were informed by the Ministry of External Affairs of the occurrence of "secret proceedings" in the United Kingdom that have…
News Update SC dismisses Review petition filed by Vijay Mallya, directs court appearance 1 Sep 2020 The division bench of the Supreme Court of Justice UU Lalit and Justice Ashok Bhushan dismissed the review petition filed by Vijay Mallya and directed his presence before the Court…
News Update “CONTEMPT POWER BEING USED AS SLEDGEHAMMER”, KAPIL SIBAL ON PRASHANT BHUSHAN CASE 22 Aug 2020 Last week Prashant Bhushan was held guilty of contempt for tweets on Chief justice of India S.A. Bobde and the supreme court. Congress leader, Kapil Sibal, the defence lawyer of…
News Update Prashant Bhushan makes an application to defer sentence hearing 20 Aug 2020 The Supreme Court on August 14 had pronounced Advocate Prashant Bhushan to be guilty of contempt of the court for criticizing the judiciary on twitter.The penalty for the same was…
