Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 489 · Decided 14 August 2020
In Re: Prashant Bhushan and ANR. v. In Re:
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 489 · [2020] 8 S.C.R. 443
- Case number
- SUO MOTO CONTEMPT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 1/2020
- Decided
- 14 August 2020
- Bench
- ARUN MISHRA, KRISHNA MURARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Directions issued
- Case type
- Contempt
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 19(1), 129
Headnote
Contempt of Court: Criminal Contempt - Suo Motu contempt proceedings by Supreme Court - Against Contemnor No. 1 (an Advocate) on the basis of two tweets posted by him on Twitter and also against Contemnor No. 2 the Twitter website - Held: A citizen, while exercising his right to make a fair criticism of a Judge, Judiciary and its functioning - But, if while exercising such right one exceeds the limit and tends to scandalize the judges and the institution of administration of Justice tends to undermine the dignity and authority of the Court and tends to shake
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