In a statement, Kamra said that all he tweeted “was from my view of the Supreme Court of India giving a partial decision in favour of a prime time loudspeaker”. Contempt proceedings were sought against him for four of his tweets about the Supreme Court granting interim bail to Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami. A day after Attorney General KK Venugopal gave his consent to initiate contempt proceedings against Kunal Kamra for his tweets against the Supreme Court, the stand-up comic said he won’t retract his tweets or apologise. Venugopal had said on Thursday said it was time for people to understand that attacking the apex court brazenly will attract punishment. The consent of either the attorney general or the solicitor general is necessary, under section 15 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, for initiating contempt proceedings against a person.

Source: Huffington Post November 13, 2020 10:41 UTC