A three-judge Bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra found two tweets by lawyer Prashant Bhushan amounting to “serious contempt of court”. The judgment revives the debate about the relevance of the contempt law, how judges in mature democracies should deal with their criticism, and how courts should respond to the contempt-versus-freedom-of-speech debate.
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- https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/prashant-bhushan-contempt-law-challenged-supreme-court-6557620/
- https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/prashant-bhushan-supreme-court-contempt-case-verdict-explained-6555183/
- https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/prashant-bhushan-supreme-court-contempt-case-verdict-6555145/
- https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/lapsing-into-contempt-the-hindu-editorial-on-punishing-prashant-bhushan/article32369586.ece
