SC issues show-cause notice to Maharashtra Assembly Secy for “threatening” Arnab Goswami

The Supreme Court on Friday asked Maharasthra Assembly’s Assistant Secretary to show cause why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against him for his letter to Republic TV’s Editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami questioning his petition in the top court.

The top court protected Goswami from arrest in the case related to privilege notice and summoned the Secretary personally before it.

Taking up Goswami’s plea against privilege notice to criticising Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, a bench presided over by Chief Justice S A Bobde expressed anguish at the conduct of Vilas Athwale, Assistant Secretary of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. The court said, “it amounts to serious and direct interference into administration of justice”.