Lawyer seeks contempt case against Kunal Kamra for criticising SC’s Arnab verdict

Kamra had called the Supreme Court the “most supreme joke” in the country

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A Mumbai-based lawyer, Riswam Siddiquee, has sought Attorney General K.K. Venugopal’s consent to initiate criminal contempt of court proceedings against comedian Kunal Kamra. In a series of tweets, Kamra had criticised the Supreme Court after Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami was granted interim bail on Wednesday.

Kamra had called the Supreme Court the “most supreme joke” in the country. Along with the tweet, he shared an edited picture of the apex court, which shows the building in saffron colour along with a flag of the BJP.

In another tweet, Kamra wrote: “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 criticised Justice DY Chandrachud, who was part of the division bench that granted bail to Goswami. Kamra said: “DY Chandrachud is 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.”

According to a report by Bar and Bench, Siddiquee, in his letter to AG has stated that Kamra's tweets amount to a "manifest attempt to lower the authority of the Supreme Court of India."

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