The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a contempt notice to activist and lawyer Prashant Bhushan for his tweets allegedly 🍒criticising the court on the appointment of M Nageswara Rao as interim CBI director.
The notice was issued after petitions filed by Attorney General K K Venugopal and the Centꩲre against Bhushan.
A bench of Justices Arun Mishr🧜a and Naveen Sinha said it would deal with the larger question of whether it is open for lawyers or any other person to criticise the court in a sub judice matter which would lead to influencing public opinion.
The bench added that criticising the court may al🎃so lead to interference in the course of justice.
&qu💯ot;This i🌠ssue required to be heard in length, notice issued," the bench said.
The bench listed the matter for further hearing on Marc🍃h 7.
PTI
