Chief attorney Prashant Bhushan, who is facing criminal contempt of the Supreme Court for two tweets about the Chief Justice of India, SA Bobde, regrets only "part of" what he said in his affidavit before the court and criticizes the superior judge ". does not scandalize" the court or lower its authority.
Prashant Bhushan also says that to suggest that "the President of the Supreme Court is the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court is the President of the Supreme Court" is to undermine the institution of the Supreme Court of India.
The lawyer-activist faces contempt for his comments on images of Chief Justice Bobde on a bicycle. A bank headed by Judge Arun Mishra issued a suo motu contempt notice following a petition.
Bhushan said he regretted asking why Judge Bobde was not wearing the helmet, since the bicycle was on a stand.
"At first, I admit that I didn't realize that the bike was on a mount and therefore it was not necessary to wear a helmet. Therefore, I regret that part of my tweet. However, I keep the rest of it I said in my tweet.
I tweeted the above because I was increasingly distressed by the court's lack of regular physical function leading to very few issues hearing and that too because of the unsatisfactory mode of video conferencing, "he said in the statement. sworn filed on Sunday.
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