: Kunal Kamra tweets: SC to hear three contempt of court pleas against comedian on December 17 #IndiaNEWS The Supreme Court will take up three petitions seeking contempt of court action against comedian

Kunal Kamra tweets: SC to hear three contempt of court pleas against comedian on December 17 #IndiaNEWS
The Supreme Court will take up three petitions seeking contempt of court action against comedian Kunal Kamra on December 17, the Hindustan Times reported on Monday. The case against Kamra relates to a series of tweets he put out criticising the Supreme Court for the manner in which it had fast-tracked Republic TV owner Arnab Goswami’s bail plea, even as thousands of undertrials languishing in jails across the court find it difficult to get a hearing.Various people immediately sent letters to Attorney General KK Venugopal asking for permission to prosecute Kamra for contempt of court. The attorney general gave his go ahead on November 12, after which petitions have been moved before the Supreme Court seeking contempt action.Less than 10 days later, the attorney general gave approval for another set of contempt proceedings against the comedian for a tweet directed at Chief Justice of India SA Bobde.Kamra has maintained that he would not retract his tweets criticising the Supreme Court or apologise. “No lawyers, no apology, no fine, no waste of space,??? Kamra said on Twitter. Three contempt petitions against @kunalkamra88 to be taken up by the #SupremeCourt on Dec 17.Attorney General KK Venugopal has already given his nod to the petitioners for initiating contempt proceedings against the comic artist for allegedly denigrating...Read more

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