New Delhi: Attorney General KK Venugopal on Friday gave consent to initiate contempt proceedings against stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra for his offensive and abusive 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.
Two day ago, Kamra tweeted a picture of his index and middle finger and tweeted, “One of these 2 fingers is for CJI Arvind Bobde… ok let me not confuse you it’s the middle one.”
One of these 2 fingers is for CJI Arvind Bobde… ok let me not confuse you it’s the middle one
??? pic.twitter.com/IhoYIP3Ebe— Kunal Kamra (@kunalkamra88) November 18, 2020
Country’s top law official replied, “The depiction of the two fingers, with the legend that he means the middle one, is it deliberately insult the CJI which would equally be an insult to the Supreme Court of India itself, which the Chief Justice heads. The said tweet is grossly vulgar and I have no doubt that it would tend to lower the authority of the Supreme Court of India as well as undermine the confidence that the litigant public have in the institution of the Supreme Court of India itself.”
Attorney General KK Venugopal grants consent to initiate contempt of court proceedings against comedian Kunal Kamra for his latest tweet on Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad Arvind Bobde. pic.twitter.com/u2qJBkC1Zt
— ANI (@ANI) November 20, 2020
1st Contempt proceeding approval last week
Last week also, Attorney General K K Venugopal had granted consent for criminal contempt of court proceedings against Kamra for “highly objectionable” tweets on Supreme Court and a judge.
Kamra posted tweets after vacation bench of SC granted interim bail to Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami in an alleged abetment to suicide case.
Kamra also remained firm on his stand and refused to retract his tweets or apologise.
