: Bhushan moves SC, seeks right to appeal in contempt conviction #IndiaNEWS #National News PTI New Delhi Activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan, convicted and awarded one rupee fine for his contemptuous

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Activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan, convicted and awarded one rupee fine for his contemptuous tweets against the judiciary, on Saturday moved the Supreme Court seeking the right of appeal against convictions in original criminal contempt cases to be heard by a larger and a different bench.



Bhushan on August 31 was directed to deposit the fine with the Supreme Court registry by September 15 and failure to comply would entail a three-month jail term and debarment from law practice for three years.



In a fresh plea filed through lawyer Kamini Jaiswal, he has sought a declaration that a “person convicted for criminal contempt by this court, including the petitioner herein, would have a right to an intra-court appeal to be heard by a larger and different bench???.



Bhushan, in the plea, suggested procedural changes to reduce the chances of “arbitrary, vengeful and high-handed decisionp??[??[Z[?[??[????^Z[??][??X????H?????HY??Y]?Y?KH8?'???X?]?H?]???[?H?Y?x??[?[??H^H?Z?H?X??[??[??X?????H]][??ZYH?Y??X[?H?[?[Y[?[?Y??X?[?YY[??H???]][?[??[???X?[?YY[??[???][?[]?[????[X??H8?'?][?Y?Y?X?Y?Z[?????[???X?[?[???[?[H[?X?HH???[???]?HY?[??x???H????[?[?????YZ???Y??X[[???[???X?[?X?Y????H?]?[?[Y?

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