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The Supreme Court of India pronounced senior advocate Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt of court. In late June, Bhushan had joined a chorus of Twitter users in criticising the Chief Justice of India for posing astride a superbike. Around this time, he had also tweeted a lament about the ‘destruction of democracy’ in India during the reign of the present government.

The decision has been met with an outpouring of critical commentary and street protests from civil society, members of the bar, former judges and academics. Possibly in response to this onslaught or after being shaken by Bhushan’s moving invocation of Gandhi at his sentencing hearing, the Supreme Court has deferred announcing his punishment for three days.

To discuss and analyse the situation in more detail, The Politindia had a chance to interview Mr Faizan Ahmad for our podcast series. Faizan is a merit scholar at Jindal Global Law School and a student of constitutional law theory. Being an avid reader, he has also written on themes relating to constitutional law and worked on various matters during his internships at the Supreme Court and High Court of Delhi.

In this podcast, he breaks down the law on Contempt of Courts and the recent Prashant Bhushan case for our audience.

Can a law like the Contempt of Court Act 1971 regulate the manner in which contempt cases are brought before the SC? Would the SC be bound by the statutorily prescribed maximum punishment for contempt? Can the Supreme Court punish someone for contempt by hanging them or by ordering a public stoning?

Find the answers in our podcast on ‘Vocal for Political’ now!

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