I. The sentencing of Bhushan by the three-judge bench of the Court was delivered today. The exercise was, however, rather intriguingly a bit delayed. In any case, by 12:10, Justice Arun Mishra - the head of the bench, commenced reading out of the judgement.
II. The explanatory part of the judgement is sharply critical, and condemnatory, of Bhushan. III. The operative part is that Bhushan is fined Re 1 for the offence of criminal contempt of court by way of his (two) tweets and will have to deposit the fine with the court’s registry by September 15. In case of default, he will have to undergo a jail term of three months and will also be debarred from legal practice for three years. IV. It bears mentioning that during hearing on August 20th, while refusing to entertain Bhushan's plea for review of the guilty verdict delivered on August 14th, the Court had promised that whatever sentence (to be) pronounced by the bench won't come into effect till Bhushan's review plea is, subsequently, considered and decided (by an appropriate bench). V. It's also pertinent to mention that yet another contempt case is pending against him which has been revived after about eleven years and is due for being placed before an appropriate bench on Sept. 10. VI. The CJAR (Campaign for Judicial Accountability & Reforms) and Swaraj Abhiyan will hold a press conference today (August 31, 2020) at 4 pm at the Press Cub of India, New Delhi. The press conference will be addressed by Prashant Bhushan, Yogendra Yadav and Anjali Bhardwaj. VII. For a background, including the issue of right of free speech vis-a-vis the Supreme Court of India: < http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article9873.html>.) Sukla -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/greenyouth/CACEsOZh6zzXaFQch67Qr6riJbSEPcW0tETj-bs9WE3Tusd2LgA%40mail.gmail.com.
