Supreme Court issues contempt notices to Prashant Bhushan and Twitter

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued contempt notices to lawyer Prashant Bhushan and Twitter for two tweets, including one that suggested the top court had a role in the “destruction” of democracy in India “even without a formal Emergency”.

The Supreme Court order also mentioned a tweet by Bhushan about the present Chief Justice of India, S.A. Bobde, and a motorcycle.

The bench of Justices Arun Mishra, Bhushan Gavai and Krishna Murari issued the notices. It sought the assistance of attorney-general K.K. Venugopal and posted the matter for further hearing to August 5.

The court passed the order while converting into suo motu proceedings a petition filed by an advocate, Mahek Maheshwari, seeking contempt proceedings against Bhushan for the tweets.