Supreme Court decides to hear 2009 contempt case against Prashant Bhushan on merits

"We need to check whether statements made regarding corruption amounts to contempt of court. Thus we need to hear the matter", the Court stated. The Supreme Court today decided to hear on merits the contempt case filed against Advocate Prashant Bhushan back in 2009 for his statements on corruption in the judiciary. The order was passed by a Bench of Justices Arun Mishra, BR Gavai, and Krishna Murari. The case was filed against Bhushan after he made allegations against former Chief Justices of India SH Kapadia and KG Balakrishnan in an interview with Tehelka magazine back in 2009. During the interview, Bhushan also allegedly said that half of the preceding 16 Chief Justices of India were corrupt. As per the complaint, Bhushan also said that he had no proof of the allegations. The Supreme Court had subsequently taken suo motu notice of the issue after a complaint to this effect was filed by Senior Advocate Harish Salve. The contempt petition was held to be maintainable by a three-judge Bench on November 10, 2010, following which the case was heard on 17 occasions.

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