Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt for tweets on Chief Justice, Judiciary

Lawyer Prashant Bhushan has been held guilty of contempt for his two tweets on Chief Justice of India SA Bobde and the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court will decide on the sentence on August 20. A three-judge bench of Justices Arun Mishra, BR Gavai and Krishna Murari delivered the verdict.

He had commented on a photo of Chief Justice Bobde on a superbike. Mr Bhushan in an affidavit on August 2 said he regretted asking why Justice Bobde was not wearing a helmet, since the bike was on a stand.

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"At the outset I admit that I did not notice that the bike was on a stand and therefore wearing a helmet was not required. I therefore regret that part of my tweet. However, I stand by the remaining part of what I have stated in my tweet…" the lawyer said in his affidavit submitted on August 2.

The court discharged Twitter from contempt for publishing Mr Bhushan's tweets, saying it accepts the explanation given by the microblogging website.

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