Already under far greater scrutiny, the Supreme Court can also now face charges that it is trying to suppress valid criticism. Maneesh Chhibber | The Print | 11 February, 2019   Last week, India’s Attorney General K.K. Venugopal made the unusual move of filing a contempt plea in the Supreme Court against activist-lawyer Prashant

Apurva Vishwanath | The Wire | February 9, 11:00 am   New Delhi: In 1997, the Supreme Court gagged the petitioners in the Narmada Bachao Andolan case from discussing the issue in the media until the final judgment was delivered.   Despite the interim orders on April 11,  1997 and November

Indira Jaising | The Leaflet | February 6, 2019 When the truth is stated, it does not “scandalise” the court. If it is true that the Selection Committee HPC held on January 10, 2019 did not select M Nageswara Rao as the interim director, then   the question

Bar & Bench | February 6 2019 | Dushyant Dave   Contempt of Court is not perceived contempt of an individual, howsoever high he may be. The Contempt Petition filed by the Attorney General of India, Shri KK Venugopal against Shri Prashant Bhushan, is devoid of any substance.   It is essentially based on the