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Prashant moves SC seeking review of fine imposed in contempt case
New Delhi: Senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan on Thursday filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking review of its August 31 judgement imposing a fine of Re 1 on him in connection with criminal contempt…
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Bhushan, Khurshid now in list of eminent personalities in Delhi riots charge-sheet
New Delhi: The charge sheet filed by the Delhi Police in the Delhi riots case includes the name of Congress leader Salman Khurshid and advocate Prashant Bhushan. Their names have come…
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Constitutional Institutions–Current Status & Role in Indian Democracy, 19 Sept 2020
Indian Americans Forum conducted a zoom conference call on the topic of “Constitutional Institutions–Current Status & Role in Indian Democracy” moderated by Dr Mohammed Jameel and Motika Anand. The speakers…
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Join Prashant Bhushan and Arfa Khanum in a Zoom conference today
New Delhi: Indian Americans Forum organizes a gobal conference on ‘Constitutional Institutions—Current Status and role in Indian Democracy’ on September 19 at 8:30 p.m. Key Note: Prashant Bhushan—The conference would…
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Prashant Bhushan says IAC ‘propped up by the BJP-RSS’; Kejriwal aware
Delhi: In a stunning revelation, activist-lawyer and former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) member Prashant Bhushan said that India against Corruption (IAC) movement was propped by the Bharatiya Janata Party-Rashtriya Swayam Sevak…
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Academicians, activists condemn Umar Khalid’s arrest
New Delhi: A section of academicians, politicians and social activists on Monday expressed solidarity with former JNU student leader Umar Khalid, who was arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA)…
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‘I propose to submit myself to this order,’ Prashant Bhushan says in statement
Activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan, who was found guilty in a contempt case for criticizing the judiciary, agreed to pay the one rupee fine imposed by the Supreme Court on Monday as punishment. Bhushan has…
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Tweets were not intended to disrespect SC: Prashant Bhushan
New Delhi: Senior advocate Prashant Bhushan, on whom the Supreme Court imposed a Re 1 fine in connection with a contempt of court case, on Monday said that his tweets…
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Prashant Bhushan contempt case: A timeline of events
Hyderabad: Prashant Bhushan, a public interest lawyer in the Supreme Court of India and a former member of the India Against Corruption (IAC) movement, has been in news ever since the…
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Prashant Bhushan contempt case chronology
New Delhi: Following is the chronology of events in which the Supreme Court on Monday imposed a token fine of Re 1 on activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan in a contempt case, which…
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Prashant Bhushan let off with the fine of Rs 1
Hyderabad: The Supreme Court on Monday had fined Rs 1 against the Senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan in connection with the suo motu criminal contempt case over his tweets accusing former…
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SC reserves verdict on sentence against Prashant Bhushan
New Delhi: Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on the sentence to be awarded to lawyer Prashant Bhushan for his tweets criticising the top court and Chief Justice of…
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SC grants 30 mins to Bhushan for reconsidering his stand on tweets
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday granted 30 minutes to activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan, convicted for contempt, to ‘think over’ his stand of not expressing regret over his tweets against the judiciary.…
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Apology will be contempt of my conscience: Prashant Bhushan to SC
New Delhi: Activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan on Monday refused to offer an apology to the Supreme Court for his two tweets accused of being against the judiciary. Bhushan believed, what he…
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I do not ask for mercy: Prashant Bhushan
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday gave two-three days time to Prashant Bhushan to think over and consider modification to his ‘defiant statement’ made on the suo motu contempt case…
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Will give Bhushan time to reconsider statement: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday granted two days to activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan, who has been held guilty of contempt, to reconsider his ‘defiant statement’ refusing to apologise for his contemptuous…
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People come out in support of Prashant Bhushan
New Delhi: Over 1,500 lawyers and several citizens from across the country, including senior members of Supreme Court Bar Association have come out in support of Prashant Bhushan. On August…
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Prashant Bhushan moves SC, seeks deferment in the hearing of sentence
New Delhi: A day before the scheduled hearing on quantum of sentence, activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan who has been held guilty of criminal contempt for his two derogatory tweets, moved the…
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Stop miscarriage of justice, 1,500 lawyers write to SC
New Delhi: Over 1,500 lawyers from across the country, including senior members of Supreme Court Bar Association have come out in support of Prashant Bhushan. They urged the Supreme Court…
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SC holds lawyer Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday held activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt for his two derogatory tweets against the judiciary. Following are the two tweets as reported by Hindustan…
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Prashant Bhushan 2009 contempt case: SC to hear on merits
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday decided to hold a detailed hearing on whether to accept the explanation tendered by Advocate Prashant Bhushan in the contempt case taken against…
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Why justice combined with motorcycle, SC asks Prashant Bhushan
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday queried Prashant Bhushan’s counsel why “justice was combined with some motorcycle”, in reference to one of the tweets over which the apex court issued…
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CJI is not SC, Prashant Bhushan responds to the contempt notice
Sruthi Vibhavari In response to the court contempt case filed against him, activist-Lawyer Prashant Bhushan maintains that critiquing actions of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) does not amount to…
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SC grants protection to Prashant Bhushan in ‘Gujarat FIR’ case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday granted protection to activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan from any coercive action in an FIR lodged against him at Rajkot in Gujarat for allegedly hurting religious…
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SC grants interim stay on arrest to Advocate Prashant Bhushan
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim protection from arrest to Advocate Prashant Bhushan in FIR registered against him by Gujarat police alleging hurting of religious sentiments. A…
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Astounding Centre doesn’t want to disclose info about loan defaulters, says Prashant Bhushan
New Delhi: It is astounding that there is Rs 10 lakh crore non-performing assets (NPAs) of banks, but the Central government does not want to disclose details about defaulters, said…
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Prashant Bhushan quits governing bodies of 3 NGOs
New Delhi: Advocate Prashant Bhushan has resigned from the governing bodies of NGOs Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL), Common Cause and Swaraj Abhiyan. Bhushan said in a tweet: “People…
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Ex-SC judge Justice P.C. Ghose to be India’s first Lokpal
Former Supreme Court judge Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose was on Sunday recommended to be the first Lokpal or anti-corruption ombudsman of India. His name was finalised and recommended by the…
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In democracy everybody has right to live, says Prashant Bhushan
Lucknow: In a democratic country, everybody has a right to live, constitute an organization and transact business but in the present scenario, not only democracy but culture and civilization are…
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SC rejects lawyer’s plea for direction to Lokpal selection committee
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected lawyer Prashant Bhushan’s plea for a direction to the Lokpal selection committee to make public the proposed names of the chairperson and…
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