New Delhi: Advocate Prashant Bhushan on Thursday filed a fresh application in the Supreme Court, seeking permission to lead further evidence in the suo moto contempt case against him.
The bench led by Justice Arun Mishra had directed Bhushan to file an apology for his tweets alleged to be against the judiciary. However, Bhushan instead gave a statement expressing regret about his tweets.
In his petition, Bhushan requested that in case the judges do not find his reply satisfactory and would proceed further with the case, he wished to lead further evidence under Section 17(5) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, after receiving a copy of the complaint.
The complaint was filed by Mehek Maheshwari, who had written to the court to initiate suo moto proceedings against Bhushan.
Activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan on Wednesday defended in the Supreme Court his two alleged contemptuous tweets saying they were against the judges regarding their conduct in their personal capacity and they did not obstruct administration of justice.
Earlier yesterday, a bench comprising Justices Arun Mishra, BR Gavai and Krishan Murari, which on July 22, had issued a show cause notice to Bhushan after initiating the criminal contempt against him for his two alleged derogatory tweets against the judiciary, reserved the verdict in the case.
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While reserving the order in the contempt case, the top court dismissed a separate petition filed by Bhushan seeking recall of the July 22 order by which notice was issued against him in a contempt proceeding initiated for his alleged contemptuous tweets against the judiciary.
