_________The word scurrilous has appeared in 13 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Aug. 31 in “Indian Court Hands Down Symbolic Sentence for Outspoken Lawyer” by Karan Deep Singh and Hari Kumar:NEW DELHI — India’s Supreme Court on Monday handed down a symbolic sentence — a fine of about 1 cent — to a prominent lawyer who posted tweets critical of the court and its chief justice. … Though the two tweets consisted of just 478 characters, the court issued a 108-page judgment that found Mr. Bhushan in contempt of court. It said that Mr. Bhushan’s tweets were “scurrilous” and “malicious,” and a “calculated attack on the very foundation of the institution of the judiciary.”In one of the two tweets he posted, Mr. Bhushan wrote that the court played a role in “how democracy has been destroyed in India” during Mr. Modi’s time in office.

Source: New York Times October 13, 2020 06:00 UTC