122 law students across the country had written an emotional letter to CJI SA Bobde and other judges asking them not to punish Bhushan.
New Delhi| The Supreme Court will today sentence Senior Advocate Prashant Bhushan in contempt of court case. Bhushan, despite an insistence by the presiding judge of the bench hearing the matter-Justice Arun Mishra, had refused to tender an unconditional apology. Though Attorney General KK Venugopal and Senior Advocate Rajeev Dhawan asked the bench to hold him guilty in contempt but not sentence him any punishment, the court remained firm on its stand. “We don’t want to make him a martyr by punishing him,” said Dhawan during the sentence hearing.
Earlier, 122 law students across the country had written an emotional letter to the senior court. In a letter to Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde and other judges, they asked court’s decision be reconsidered.
‘Court must answer criticism by restoring confidence in people’
Law students have said that the court should respond to criticism by restoring confidence in the people. When criticism arises and demands justice, the court should not accused them of contempt. That too on a person who is seeking justice from the same depth that he has been asking for others. It has been written in the letter that for a long time, Prashant Bhushan has been seen fighting in court against corruption. He has done a good job in law and nation building.
‘Tweet was for those who were sidelined’
Law students said that the two tweets on which he has been convicted of contempt were meant to raise the voice of the people who were ignored. They do not harm the sanctity of the court.
Prashant Bhushan refused to apologize
The Supreme Court had held Bhushan guilty of his contempt at the beginning of the month and reserved the judgment. The court last week granted Bhushan chance for an unconditional apology, but he refused. Bhushan had said that if he apologized, it would be a “Contempt of his conscience.”
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