Attorney General (AG) K.K. Venugopal on Friday termed a tweet by comedian Kunal Kamra targeting Chief Justice S A Bobde, "grossly vulgar and obnoxious", and twice in a row granted consent to initiate contempt of court proceedings against him.

On November 12, the AG had said he believes it is time that people understand that attacking the Supreme Court unjustifiably and brazenly will attract punishment, while granting consent to initiate contempt against Kamra for his tweets on Supreme Court for granting bail to Republic TV editor Arnab Goswami in a 2018 abetment of suicide case. Recently, Kamra uploaded another contentious tweet attacking the Chief Justice with a lewd gesture.