A view of the Orissa High Court. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu A prominent disability right activist and a quadriplegic himself filed a second contempt petition in Orissa High Court following State government’s failure to provide wheel-chair bound devotees access to 12 th century Shree Jagannath Temple, Puri, despite the court twice ordering to … Read more
MS Dhoni had accused the officer of having made contumacious statements against the Supreme Court and the High Court in a ₹100 crore defamation suit MS Dhoni had accused the officer of having made contumacious statements against the Supreme Court and the High Court in a ₹100 crore defamation suit The Madras High Court on … Read more
A New York judge has stopped the clock on Donald Trump‘s $10,000-a-day fine for failing to turn over documents in a state civil investigation and said Wednesday he’ll lift the former president’s contempt finding altogether if he meets certain conditions, including paying $110,000 in fines he’s racked up so far. Judge Arthur Engoron said he … Read more
NEW DELHI: Activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan, convicted and awarded one rupee fine for his contemptuous tweets against the judiciary, on Saturday moved the Supreme Court seeking the right of appeal against convictions in original criminal contempt cases to be heard by a larger and a different bench. Bhushan on August 31 was directed to deposit the … Read more
Activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan, convicted and fined by the Supreme Court for contempt of court, said this power is sometimes misused or abused in an attempt to stifle free speech or discussion about the judiciary. He called the contempt of court jurisdiction “very dangerous” and said it should be abolished. “Every citizen in a democracy, … Read more
Activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan, who is facing contempt of court notices over his tweets against the Supreme Court and the CJI, on Monday said that the top court had played a “substantial role in allowing the destruction of our democracy” in recent years. It is a bona fide view that I can form, hold and express … Read more