Attorney-general gives consent for criminal contempt proceedings against Kamra

The attorney-general, the principal law officer of the Union government, has granted consent for initiating criminal contempt proceedings against stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra over his tweets on the Supreme Court on Wednesday when it granted interim bail to Republic TV managing director Arnab Goswami.

Kamra’s social media posts were “not only in bad taste but clearly cross the line between humour and contempt of the court”, attorney-general K.K. Venugopal said in response to requests for consent to initiate contempt proceedings.

It’s now up to Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde to constitute a bench to deal with the multiple contempt petitions against the hugely popular comedian who rarely minces his words.