Supreme Court imposes fine of ₹1 on Prashant Bhushan or 3 months jail with 3 years ban

August 31: The Supreme Court on Monday fined senior lawyer and activist Prashant Bhushan. He was held guilty of contempt for his tweets criticising Chief Justice of India SA Bobde. A fine of ₹1 was imposed on Mr. Bhushan by the apex court. The verdict further stated that if he does not pay Re 1 by September 15, he will have to undergo 3 month imprisonment and be debarred from practice for 3 years.

My lawyer & senior colleague Rajiv Dhavan contributed 1 Re immediately after the contempt judgement today which I gratefully accepted pic.twitter.com/vVXmzPe4ss

— Prashant Bhushan (@pbhushan1) August 31, 2020

Taking to his tweeter handle, Prashant Bhushan wrote, “My lawyer & senior colleague Rajiv Dhavan contributed 1 Re immediately after the contempt judgement today which I gratefully accepted.” Prashant Bhushan was found guilty of criminal contempt of court on August 14 over his tweets against the Supreme Court and Chief Justice of India SA Bobde.