{"id":234314,"date":"2020-08-20T16:48:54","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T11:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=234314"},"modified":"2020-08-28T13:14:03","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T07:44:03","slug":"prashant-bhushan-contempt-sentence-sc-gives-time-to-bhushan-to-reconsider-his-contemptuous-statements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/08\/20\/prashant-bhushan-contempt-sentence-sc-gives-time-to-bhushan-to-reconsider-his-contemptuous-statements\/","title":{"rendered":"Prashant Bhushan Contempt sentence| SC gives time to Bhushan to reconsider his contemptuous statements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Supreme Court:<\/strong> The 3-judge bench of Arun Mishra, BR Gavai and Krishna Murari, jj has asked advocate Prashant Bhushan to take 2-3 days to reconsider his &#8216;defiant statement&#8217;, refusing to apologise for his contemptuous tweets. Bhushan said that he will consult his lawyers and think over the Court&#8217;s suggestion in 2-3 days.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We have given time to the contemnor to submit unconditional apology, if he so desires.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When the Attorney General KK Venugopal urged the Court not to award any punishment to Prashant Bhushan in the contempt case, the Court said that it cannot consider the said request Bhushan reconsiders his earlier stand of not apologising for his tweets.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The tone, tenor and content of Prashant Bhushan&#8217;s statement makes it worse; is it defence or aggravation.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The bench said that it can be very lenient if there is realization of mistake.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the outset of the hearing, Bhushan had submitted before the Court that the arguments on quantum of sentence in the contempt proceedings, in which he has been held guilty, be heard by another bench. The bench rejected the submission but gave assurance to Bhushan that no punishment will be acted upon till his review against the order convicting him in the case will be decided.<\/p>\n<p>Reserving the order, the Court said,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;In case, apology is submitted, the case to be posted for consideration on the same, on 25.08.2020.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Background of the issue:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The matter deals with certain tweets made by Bhushan. He had recently criticised the Supreme Court and the sitting and former CJIs in a couple of tweets which prompted the Supreme Court to initiate suo motu contempt petition against him. Here are the tweets:<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-232656 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PB-Tweets-Contempt.jpg?resize=423%2C417&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PB-Tweets-Contempt.jpg?resize=300%2C296&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PB-Tweets-Contempt.jpg?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PB-Tweets-Contempt.jpg?w=734&amp;ssl=1 734w\" alt=\"\" width=\"423\" height=\"418\" data-attachment-id=\"232656\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/07\/22\/sc-issues-notice-in-suo-motu-contempt-petition-against-advocate-prashant-bhushan-and-twitter\/pb-tweets-contempt\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PB-Tweets-Contempt.jpg?fit=734%2C724&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"734,724\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PB Tweets Contempt\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PB-Tweets-Contempt.jpg?fit=300%2C296&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PB-Tweets-Contempt.jpg?fit=300%2C296&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 3-judge bench of Arun Mishra, BR Gavai and Krishna Murari, JJ,\u00a0<strong>in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/08\/14\/prashant-bhushan-contempt-sc-finds-advocate-guilty-of-contempt-for-his-tweets-to-hear-him-on-sentence\/\">a 108-pages long verdict<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>said that:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cThe scurrilous allegations, which are malicious in nature and have the tendency to scandalize the Court are not expected from a person, who is a lawyer of 30 years standing. In our considered view, it cannot be said that the above tweets can be said to be a fair criticism of the functioning of the judiciary, made bona fide in the public interest.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stating that in order to protect the larger public interest, such attempts of attack on the highest judiciary of the country should be dealt with firmly, the Court noticed that Advocate Bhushan has been practicing for last 30 years in the Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court and has consistently taken up many issues of public interest concerning the health of our democracy and its institutions and in particular the functioning of our judiciary and especially its accountability.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Bhushan being part of the institution of administration of justice, instead of protecting the majesty of law has indulged into an act, which tends to bring disrepute to the institution of administration of justice<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[In re Prashant Bhushan, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/FK496R99\"><b>2020 SCC OnLine SC 663<\/b><\/a>, order dated 20.08.2020]<\/p>\n<p><em>(With inputs from PTI)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Read more on the judgment\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/08\/14\/prashant-bhushan-contempt-sc-finds-advocate-guilty-of-contempt-for-his-tweets-to-hear-him-on-sentence\/\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Arun Mishra, BR Gavai and Krishna Murari, jj has asked advocate Prashant Bhushan to take 2-3 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The Court has asked Bhushan to file a detailed response by next date of hearing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":233675,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/08\/10\/prashant-bhushan-tehelka-contempt-sc-refuses-to-accept-advocate-bhushans-explanation-in-2009-case-says-further-hearing-required\/","url_meta":{"origin":234314,"position":2},"title":"Prashant Bhushan-Tehelka Contempt| SC refuses to accept advocate Bhushan&#8217;s explanation in 2009 case; says further hearing required","author":"Prachi Bhardwaj","date":"August 10, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Supreme Court: In the 2009 contempt petition against Advocate Prashant Bhushan and former Tehelka Tarun Tejpal, the bench headed by Arun Mishra, J refused to accept the explanation of advocate Bhushan and said that further hearing is required in the matter. \"Before reaching to any finding whether the statement made\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":233353,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/08\/04\/prashant-bhushan-tehelka-contempt-we-seek-to-balance-freedom-of-speech-the-need-to-protect-the-dignity-of-the-court-sc\/","url_meta":{"origin":234314,"position":3},"title":"Prashant Bhushan-Tehelka Contempt| We seek to balance freedom of speech &#038; the need to protect the dignity of the Court: SC","author":"Prachi Bhardwaj","date":"August 4, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Supreme Court: In the 2009 contempt petition against Advocate Prashant Bhushan and former Tehelka Tarun Tejpal, the bench headed by Arun Mishra, J said that there is a thin line between freedom of speech and the need to protect the dignity of the judiciary as an institution and it sought\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hot Off The Press&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hot Off The Press","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/news\/hot_off_the_press\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":209599,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/02\/06\/notice-issued-to-advocate-prashant-bhushan-on-contempt-petition-filed-by-ag-and-centre\/","url_meta":{"origin":234314,"position":4},"title":"Notice issued to advocate Prashant Bhushan on contempt petition filed by AG and Centre","author":"Prachi Bhardwaj","date":"February 6, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Supreme Court: The Bench of Arun Mishra and Navin Sinha, JJ\u00a0has given 3 weeks to advocate Prashant Bhushan on contempt pleas by Attorney General K K Venugopal and the Centre for his tweets allegedly criticising the court over the appointment of M Nageswara Rao as interim CBI director. 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