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Law

Trouble for senior advocate Prashant Bhushan as Bar Council of India directs examination of his tweets and explores disciplinary action

OpIndia Staff -
The Bar Council of India said that BCD must examine the tweets of Prashant Bhushan and proceed as 'expeditiously' as possible.
News Reports

Prashant Bhushan issues a convoluted statement trying to pass off his cowardly act of paying the fine as respect for the judiciary

OpIndia Staff -
Prashant Bhushan had earlier taken to Twitter to cowardly accept the punishment of paying a nominal fine of Re 1 in the contempt of court case
News Reports

Prashant Bhushan quoted Gandhi in his statement to the court, but Gandhi had refused to pay a fine, unlike Bhushan

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court had asked Prashant Bhushan to pay the penalty of Rs 1 for being guilty of contempt of court or face three months of jail time.
News Reports

Prashant Bhushan accepts he is guilty of contempt, cowardly agrees to pay fine after claiming to stand for principles

OpIndia Staff -
By accepting the punishment, Bhushan has accepted the fact that he was guilty of contempt.
News Reports

SC contempt case: Prashant Bhushan faces three months of jail time if he defaults in paying Re 1 fine

OpIndia Staff -
Prashant Bhushan was convicted of contempt of court on August 14 for his two tweets against the Supreme Court and Chief Justices of India
Opinions

Conviction of Prashant Bhushan for contempt of court is justified and does not amount at all to ‘destruction of democracy’

B.V. Acharya -
In their attempt to find fault with the Supreme Court, actions of Prashant Bhushan are glorified and he is portrayed as a crusader.
News Reports

Prashant Bhushan contempt case: SC reserves judgement on the quantum of punishment, says how can they ‘forgive’ if he refuses to admit his mistake

OpIndia Staff -
The judges also expressed displeasure on the fact that Bhushan's petition was released to the press before it was submitted to the court.
Law

Prashant Bhushan’s conviction for contempt of court: Here is why it was completely justified

B.V. Acharya -
By judgment pronounced by a Bench of 3 Judges of the Supreme Court, Prashant Bhushan was found guilty of having committed criminal contempt of court

Supreme Court defers 2009 contempt case against Prashant Bhushan, adjourns hearing to September 10

OpIndia Staff -
In an interview with Tehelka magazine in 2009, Prashant Bhushan had said that half of the past 16 CJIs had been corrupt
News Reports

Determined to become Gandhi and Mandela, Prashant Bhushan repeats that he stands by his remarks undermining faith in the judiciary

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court of India had granted Prashant Bhushan a time window of 3-4 days which ends today .
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