The Contempt of Court Act

Contempt of court petitions has been filed in the Supreme Court against the RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das and others for allegedly violating court’s order on loan moratorium case. In his plea, the petitioners have blamed the RBI for flouting Apex Court’s September 3 guideline and declaring NPA without giving a mandatory 90-day notice. Earlier, the court had asked the financial institutions to grant relief to borrowers during the pandemic.

Advocate Prashant Bhushan on August 24 has refused to apologise for his contemptuous tweets against CJI and the Supreme Court. The advocate said that it was his duty to offer constructive criticism when he believed that the court deviated from its role. Earlier, he was held guilty of contempt, and was offered an opportunity to avoid the punishment- a fine, 6-month jail or both- by apologising before the… read-more

Supreme Court permitted Prashant Bhushan, Arun Shourie, and N Ram to withdraw their plea challenging constitutionality of the offence of 'scandalizing the court' under Section 2(c)(i) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, on August 13. Senior advocate Rajeev Dhawan informed the bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra, that petitioners wanted to withdraw the plea and did not want "this to be entangled" with other similar petitions in the court.