The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought a response from lawyer Prashant Bhushan on the contempt pleas filed by attorney general KK Venugopal and the Centre for his tweets alleging that the government had misled the court about the appointment of M Nageshwar Rao as the interim director of the CBI. The bench also said that criticising the court may also lead to interference in the course of justice. The lawyer had quoted a letter by Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge and hinted that the government may have submitted fabricated minutes of the panel’s meeting to the Supreme Court. The Centre said that the tweet “willfully and deliberately” made a false statement in a case being heard by the court. Bhushan was given three weeks to reply by the court, which fixed the next date of hearing on March 7.

Source: Hindustan Times February 06, 2019 06:44 UTC