The law student had filed a contempt of court petition against Kunal Kamra after the latter posted a photo of the Supreme Court in saffron colour, with a flag of the BJP.

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Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra refused to apologise or retract his tweets on the Supreme Court a day after Attorney General K.K. Venugopal consented to multiple requests for criminal contempt action. New Delhi: The Supreme Court will pass orders on Friday on the contempt petitions against comedian Kunal Kamra for posting scandalous tweets against the top court. Attorney general K.K. Venugopal had already given consent for filing of the contempt pleas against Kamra. A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan and comprising Justices R.

In a rejoinder submitted before the Supreme Court in the contempt of court case against comedian Kunal Kamra, the petitioner, a law student, has argued that Kunal’s “scandalous” tweets cannot be viewed as “jokes”. Shrirang Katneshwarkar, a 22-year-old law student from Aurangabad who is among the petitioners in the contempt case against Kunal, was responding to the comedian’s affidavit in the Supreme Court. Kanteshwar said that Kunal has not shown any remorse from his end, nor has he given any apology.

Kunal Kamra is facing contempt of court proceedings after he posted an edited photo of the Supreme Court, coloured in saffron hue, with a flag of the BJP hoisted on it. This happened after Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami got bail in the TRP scam case. Kamra had called the Supreme Court the “most supreme joke,” and in another tweet, said, “The pace at which the Supreme Court operates in matters of ‘National Interests’, it’s time we replace Mahatma Gandhi’s photo with Harish Salve’s photo.”

He also compared Justice DY Chandrachud — who was a part of the division bench that passed the order in the Goswami case — to “a flight attendant serving champagne to first class passengers after they’re fast tracked through, while commoners don’t know if they’ll ever be boarded or seated, let alone served (sic).”

In his rejoinder, Kanteshwar said that an ‘ordinary prudent’ man can gather from Kunal’s tweets that the tweets were “obnoxious” and had undermined the dignity of the top court. He also contested Kunal’s statement that his tweets may not shake people’s faith in the Supreme Court. “The suggestion that my tweets can shake the foundations of the most powerful court of the world is an overestimation of my abilities. Just as the Supreme Court values the faith public places in it, it should also trust the public not to form its opinions of the court on the basis of a few jokes on Twitter,” Kunal had told the court in his affidavit.

The latest tweets from @KunalKamra88. New Delhi: Attorney General KK Venugopal on Friday gave consent to initiate contempt against stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra for his alleged tweet against Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad Arvind Bobde. Allahabad-based lawyer Anuj Singh had written a letter to Venugopal requesting him to give a nod to contempt proceedings against Kamra.

However, Kanteshwar has argued that “keyboard warriors” such as the comedian can influence the mind of at least some of his 1.7 million followers. “One cannot deny that keyboard warriors like the alleged contemnor can influence the minds of his followers thereby creating a chain reaction,” the rejoinder stated. Kanteshwar added that those like Kunal could also inculcate ‘poisonous ideas’ in the minds of the public.

The law student also said in his rejoinder that by stating that the petitioner does not have a “sense of humour”, Kunal has demonstrated the acrimony of his mind, should introspect and change his “malevolent attitude”, Livelaw reported. Kanteshwar also labelled Kunal’s affidavit “brazen aggravated contempt”.

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The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned for four weeks the hearing on the three criminal contempt petitions against comedian Kunal Kamra for his tweets about the judiciary, reported Live Law. The adjournment was based on the request of one of the petitioners seeking time to file a rejoinder to the counter-affidavit that Kamra’s counsel had submitted.

A Supreme Court bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and R Subhash Reddy took up the pleas of Abhyudaya Mishra, Shrirang Kantneshwarkar and Skand Bajpai that were filed after getting Attorney General KK Venugopal’s consent, according to PTI. The court also tagged another plea, filed by a person identified as Anuj Singh, for a tweet about Chief Justice of India SA Bobde.

On January 29, the Supreme Court had adjourned the proceedings in Mishra’s plea for two weeks after the comedian filed the affidavit. The comedian, in his affidavit, had said that his tweets were not posted with the intent of insulting the court, but to highlight matters that he believed were relevant to the Indian democracy. He also said that faith in the judiciary cannot be shaken by any criticism or commentary, but only by the courts’ own actions and accord.

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“The suggestion that my tweets could shake the foundations of the most powerful court in the world is an over-estimation of my abilities,” Kamra had said in response to one of the contempt notice. “Just as the Supreme Court values the faith public places in it (and seeks to protect it by the exercise of its criminal contempt jurisdiction), it should also trust the public not to form its opinions of the Court on the basis of a few jokes on Twitter.”

In November, Venugopal had given his consent to begin contempt proceedings against Kamra for his tweets criticising the Supreme Court. One of these tweets was the picture of the Supreme Court building swathed in saffron colour. He was criticising the Supreme Court for the manner in which it had fast-tracked Republic TV chief Arnab Goswami’s bail plea in an abetment to suicide case, even as thousands of undertrials languishing in jails across the country find it difficult to get a hearing.

In another case, a sessions court in Varanasi on Thursday admitted a revision petition filed against a magistrate order that dismissed a criminal complaint seeking registration of a first information report against the comedian. The comedian was accused of insulting the Indian flag by tweeting a morphed picture of the Supreme Court building with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party flag flying atop it.

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