The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the plea filed by People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader and Islamic scholar Abdul Nazir Maudany, seeking relaxation of conditions imposed by the top court while granting him bail in July 2014 in 2008 Bengaluru blasts case.
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on Tuesday expressed its concern regarding the 31 August 2020 and 14 August 2020 decisions of the Indian Supreme Court to convict prominent human rights lawyer Prashant Bhushan for criminal contempt of court, on the basis of two twitter posts in which the lawyer criticized the performance of the Indian judiciary.
Dalit scholars and writers have expressed their concerns over senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan's comments against Justice C.S. Karnan, who in 2017 became the first serving judge to be convicted for contempt.
More than 40 prominent lawyers from across the Bar have expressed 'dismay' at the Supreme Court's decision holding Advocate Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt.