Prashant Bhushan Case: Kapil Sibal, Congress leader said “contempt power being used as a sledgehammer”, involving lawyer-activist Prashant Bhushan.
The court held Bhushan guilty of contempt of court for two tweets. The first, on June 27, where he was critical of the court.
And second, on June 29, where he criticised the current CJI.
Why are Courts helpless when institutions that need to protect the constitution and the laws show “ open contempt “ for both ? Larger issues are at stake History will judge the Court for having let us down,” Sibal, who is also a senior lawyer, tweeted.
Congress’ spokesperson and senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi said “They cannot be dismissed off hand and deserve a lot of careful thinking because they include former judges of that very court, they include precedence and they include the basic spirit of the Supreme Court that its chest is larger than any chest in India and its shoulders being wider than any shoulder in India.”