Justice Ashok Bhushan led three-judge bench of the Supreme Court to hear petitions seeking contempt of court proceedings against stand up comic Kunal Kamra for his tweets "critiquing the judiciary."
@kunalkamra88 #SupremeCourt
#contemptofcourt
. @kunalkamra88 has however refused to apologise for his tweets criticising the Supreme Court, commenting in a statement that "silence of the Supreme Court on matters of other's personal liberty cannot go uncriticized."

Attorney General has granted consent for proceedings
Bench to take up the matter shortly now
@kunalkamra88
#contemptofcourt
#SupremeCourt
Advocate Nishant Katneshwarkar: This is a contempt petition for publishing scandalous tweets. Look at the first tweet and heading is Who am I to scandalise the already compromised?

@kunalkamra88
#contemptofcourt
#SupremeCourt
Katneshwarkar: the second tweet is more scandalous. Then look at third tweet. When he was made aware of this case, he said its contempt of joke. Then he says replace statue of Mahatma Gandhu with a lawyer of this Court. Then Indian flag was replaced with flag of ruling party
Katneshwarkar: Then morphed image of SC and he called Supreme Court as Supreme Joke of this country. We sought consent from AG and we were granted the same.
Katneshwarkar: AG said that he recieved my letter. He went through all tweets. He said tweets by @kunalkamra88 had crossed line between humor and contempt

SC: we have already read. Don't read.
Supreme Court reserves the case for orders.

Orders tomorrow.

@kunalkamra88
#contemptofcourt
Advocate Skand Bajpai: I have supplied additional affidavit

SC: Don't multiply documents.

Matter over
[BREAKING] Supreme Court to pass order tomorrow on whether contempt plea against Kunal Kamra should be admitted

@kunalkamra88 #KunalKamra #SupremeCourt

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