Contempt proceedings against comedian Kunal Kamra for criticizing SC

Attorney General KK Venugopal on Thursday gave consent to initiate contempt proceedings against comedian Kunal Kamra for his tweets criticising the Supreme Court for granting interim bail to Republic TV editorinchief Arnab GoswamiOn Wednesday Mumbaibased advocate Rizwan Siddiquee had claimed that Kunal Kamrarsquos comments were contemptuous for their allegedly ldquosalacious and unrulyrdquo nature He sought Attorney Generalrsquos consent to initiate criminal contempt of court proceedings against the comedianCOMPLAINT filed with the Attorney General of India KKVenugopal Sir please do take it forward Judiciary can not be mocked by anyone therefore Contempt proceedings ought to be initiated httpstcoNgzuqMVKNZmdash Advocate Rizwan Siddiquee RizwanSiddiquee November 11 2020Also Read Mumbai Supreme Court To The Rescue Of Jailed TV AnchorThis is what Kunal Kamra had tweetedThe Supreme Court of this country is the the most Supreme joke of this countrymdash Kunal Kamra kunalkamra88 November 11 2020Contempt of court it seems u00f0u009fu0098u0082u00f0u009fu0098u0082u00f0u009fu0098u0082 pictwittercomQOJ7fE11Fymdash Kunal Kamra kunalkamra88 November 11 2020The pace at which the Supreme Court operates in matters of ldquoNational Interestsrdquo itrsquos time we replace Mahatma Gandhirsquos photo with Harish Salversquos photomdash Kunal Kamra kunalkamra88 November 11 2020DY Chandrachud is a flight attendant serving champagne to first class passengers after theyrsquore fast tracked through while commoners donrsquot know if theyrsquoll ever be boarded or seated let alone served Justicemdash Kunal Kamra kunalkamra88 November 11 2020All lawyers with a spine must stop the use of the prefix ldquoHonrsquoblerdquo while referring to the Supreme Court or its judges Honour has left the building long backmdash Kunal Kamra kunalkamra88 November 11 2020Giving consent for contempt proceedings the Attorney General said ldquoThe other tweets are also highly objectionable and it would perhaps be for the court to decide the question as to whether these tweets also would constitute criminal contempt of the Supreme Court of IndiardquoThe consent letter further stated ldquoI find that today people believe that they can boldly and brazenly condemn the Supreme Court of India and its judges by exercising what they believe as their freedom of speechrdquoOn Wednesday Arnab Goswami was released from Taloja Jail around 830 pm after the Supreme Court granted him interim relief in the 2018 abetment of suicide caseAlso Read New Format New JokesThe Republic TV head was arrested on November 4 in connection with the doublesuicide case of architect Anvay Naik and his mother Kumud Naik on May 5 2018 for alleged nonpayment of his dues by Goswami and two other creditors Feroze Shaikh and Nitesh SardaNaiks widow Akshata Naik and their daughter Adnya Naik have filed a separate plea seeking a reinvestigation into the case or transferring it to an independent agency for probeWith inputs from Anurag KambleKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest news