Contempt of Court and Controversies

Recently, the Supreme Court of India has convicted senior advocate Prashant Bhushan of contempt of court for his two tweets. The court said that the tweets were an attempt to shake the “very foundation of constitutional democracy”. In his first tweet, he expressed his views regarding a picture of CJI S. A. Bobde sitting on a superbike, and in his second tweet, he shared his opinions regarding the decisions taken by last four CJIs as master of the roaster.

Courts have become an essential part of our lives for dispute redressal and much more. In India, courts have assumed the capacity of a guardian in mango people’s lives. The Supreme Court of India has always regarded as guarantor and protector of fundamental rights of people.

Courts through several laws have conferred various powers to maintain the authority vested in them. To punish for its contempt is one such power.

To understand what is contempt and what is not Read detailed report by Pradeep Chauhan & Shey Srivastava here.