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When P. Chidambaram, the former finance minister, was jailed on questionable evidence and seemingly trumped-up charges, no prominent voice from the liberal class took a principled stand. Human rights activist Teesta Setalvad, who has been facing a vicious witch hunt at the hands of the Gujarat government for the past six years, has been mainly leaning on Left-wing political parties for moral support.
The mainstream non-BJP politicians and the Delhi intelligentsia has seldom stood with her in solidarity. Sibal not only represented the Kejriwal government before the Supreme Court, but he also stood for Right-wing activist Madhu Kishwar in the courts in defence of her civil liberties. But these examples are exceptions. Most liberals act as a cosy club.
And since you are not part of this exclusive club, any state action against you—in the form of a raid by the ED or IT department, an arrest by Delhi Police or charges of corruption levelled by the CBI—is justified.
Prashant Bhushan is different. Ironically, Bhushan had supported Justice C. Noted lawyer Fali S. Prashant Bhushan has now made it clear to the Supreme Court that he will not apologise. He has very rarely apologised for his sweeping remarks.
A couple of occasions that one could recall where he publicly apologised are when he tendered an apology to Baba Ramdev for his defamatory tweets and to the Supreme Court in for questioning the integrity of then Attorney-General G.
Vahanvati and for calling him a liar. In the last two weeks, I have argued that Indian democracy and its institutions need more inquiring and invigilation. Even if it appears that sometimes those asking questions have stepped beyond the line of decency. Prashant Bhushan has done more good to the public interest through his social action jurisprudence, than occasional harm by making wholesale allegations.
The court must recognise that and move on to other pressing matters. The author is a former journalist and AAP member.
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Sustaining journalism of this quality needs smart and thinking people like you to pay for it. Whether you live in India or overseas, you can do it here. Support Our Journalism. If yes, then his grouse against Prashant Bhushan is understandable! At least Bhushan had the gumption to tweet about the photo of CJI Bobde on the bike, and that too, which belongs to the ruling dispensation!
That is what all the common right thinking citizens expect of the judges of the Apex court. Author has brought out the selectivity and double standards. Repetitive irresponsible and damning comments ; there appears a streak of frustration. The SC will take its considered and final decision now, after enough chances and opportunities. I understand Bar Council rules bar relations of judges from appearing before them. But a Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana HC saw that there were many relations of judges of the court practising in the same court but only avoiding their own relations.
So he issued an administrative order that no relations of judges will appear before any of the judges in that court. Outlook magazine had reported that this CJ was transferred within weeks of that order. Is physical assault on an individual a trivial charge? And that too when committed by ministers to a subordinate employee? So, if in 99 out of cases against 52 MLAs, they have been let off does it mean that they are innocent in all the cases?
Of course that sikhandi reference is also another example but it has been coverd by others elsewhere. Contempt of court is anathema in a democracy. Democracy demands a Contempt of Citizen Prevention of Act. Disobedience of court orders, which is catered for as civil contempt, should be covered under existing provisions of law dealing with disobedience of orders of a lawful authority.
As it stands, the court, having taken suo moto cognizance of the tweets to be prosecuted for contempt, is right in convicting Prashant Bhushan. As per reports, it wanted to give time to Prashant Bhushan to consider apologizing, before deciding on the punishment.
This is unwarranted. Apology can only be for errors committed unknowingly or by mistake not for deliberate comments in public domain. Ultimately the judge can as well toss a coin and decide whom to favor. But even there there is an element of fairness. There are worse reasons where the judgments can be as whimsical and wayward as whimsical and wayward can be.
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Now Reading: The importance of being Prashant Bhushan. Small Medium Large. He has argued for the deprived, he has called out high-stakes corruption, he has dabbled in politics. On Monday, Prashant Bhushan, lawyer and activist who was found guilty of contempt of court last week, was imposed a fine of Re 1 by the Supreme Court, to be paid by September Failure to pay the fine will result in 3-month imprisonment and debarment from practice for three years, the court said.
That heady time left its impression, as Bhushan was trying to choose a vocation. He had left IIT Madras after a semester — partly because he wanted to study physics, and partly because he missed his baby sister. But while he has been wholly supported by his father, Prashant Bhushan has walked his own path.
His Centre for Public Interest Litigation has also taken on causes that few dare: Enron and Reliance being given the right to develop the Panna-Mukta oilfields, for instance, the 2G and coal allocation cases that took on the UPA, or the Sahara diaries that drew in PM Modi but was dismissed for want of evidence.. His family wealth frees him to pursue his causes — and to his credit, he has immersed himself in them.
Neither careerism or fame seems to be a motive, only a dogged commitment to what he calls justice. It is hard to get a measure of the man through his friends and adversaries, or his political stands.
He used to have regular lunches with Arun Jaitley in the past, he has an enduring friendship with Arundhati Roy. Yes, there was press censorship and people were put in jail, but what is the situation of institutions now?
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