Comedian and political satirist Kunal Kamra has run into trouble again, this time in contempt of court case over his tweets. Kamra had tweeted after the Supreme Court granted interim bail to Arnab Goswami, editor-in-chief the Republic TV. The scandalous tweets of the alleged contemnor were seen by his followers. New Delhi: The Supreme Court, on Thursday reserved the order in a plea seeking criminal contempt proceedings against comedian Kunal Kamra for scandalising the apex court through his tweets. A day after Attorney general KK Venugopal granted consent to initiate contempt proceedings against Kunal Kamra, the stand-up comedian on Friday tweeted an open letter to Supreme Court judges. Comedian Kunal Kamra ’s appreciation for fellow stand-up comedian Zakir Khan is getting a lot of praise on social media. Kamra tweeted about how when he was travelling recently a fellow passenger at an airport asked what he did for for a living, and he replied that he was a stand-up comedian.
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Attorney General KK Venugopal has granted consent to initiate contempt proceedings against satirist Kunal Kamra for obscene and derogatory comments against Chief Justice of India SA Bobde.
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Giving his consent, Venugopal noted that the 'depiction of the two fingers, with the legend that he means the middle one, is to deliberately insult the Chief Justice of India which would automatically be an insult to the Suoreme Court of India itself.'
'The said tweet is grossly vulgar and onboxious, and I ave no doubt it will tend to lower the aithority of the Supreme Court of India as well as undermine the confidence that the llitigant public have in the institution of the Supreme Court of India itself.'
Earlier, Venugopal had consented to the initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against him for a series of tweets following the apex court giving interim bail to Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami.
Kamra has refused to retract his controversial tweets against the Supreme Court or apologise for them, saying he believes they 'speak for themselves'.
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.
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.
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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.
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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