Will pay Re 1 fine but don't accept SC judgment, will seek review: Prashant Bhushan

Tribune News Service
New Delhi, Septemeber 14

Activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan on Monday said he would be paying the Re 1 fine for contempt of court through a Bank Draft.

A three-judge bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra had held Bhushan guilty of contempt of court on August 14 for "scandalising" the judiciary by his tweets against CJI SA Bobde and four former CJIs.

Bhushan questioned the arrest of former Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader Umar Khalid.

He said he has received Re 1 from a large number of people for the creation of a 'Truth Fund'.

Bhushan said the fact that he was going to deposit the fine doesn't mean that "I accept the Supreme Court judgment".

He said he is going to file a petition seeking review of the judgment in the contempt of court case today.

He said he has already filed a petition seeking the right to intra-court appeal in contempt of court cases directly initiated in and decided by the SC.