A Rs. 1 fine for Contempt of Court

<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">A series of tweets by Prashant Bhushan seriously threaten the ‘majesty of the courts’? Well, the courts clearly thought so and charged Bhushan with contempt of court. In a case that illustrates the excessive and arbitrary nature of contempt of court, this episode of <em>The Longest Constitution </em>looks at the 2020 case, where Bhushan was fined Rs. 1 for his tweets. We also wrap up the making of New Delhi in the early 2000s, as one with a greater priority of malls on land meant for forests. </p><p><strong>On Contempt of Court: </strong></p><ol><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="bulleted"><p>Bhatia, Gautam, 2016, <em>Offend, Shock, or Disturb: Free Speech under the Indian Constitution</em>, (New Delhi: OUP). Chapter 9. </p></li><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="bulleted"><p>​​<u><a href="https://thewire.in/law/prashant-bhushan-supreme-court-contempt-highlights" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://thewire.in/law/prashant-bhushan-supreme-court-contempt-highlights</a></u></p></li><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="bulleted"><p><u><a href="https://theprint.in/india/photos-of-justice-bobde-astride-a-hunky-harley-davidson-reveal-different-side-to-indias-cji/450849/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://theprint.in/india/photos-of-justice-bobde-astride-a-hunky-harley-davidson-reveal-different-side-to-indias-cji/450849/</a></u></p></li><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="bulleted"><p><u><a href="https://thewire.in/law/mouse-under-the-throne-the-judicial-legacy-of-sharad-a-bobde" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://thewire.in/law/mouse-under-the-throne-the-judicial-legacy-of-sharad-a-bobde</a></u></p></li><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="bulleted"><p><u><a href="https://www.scobserver.in/cases/in-re-prashant-bhushan-contempt-petition-against-prashant-bhushan-case-background/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.scobserver.in/cases/in-re-prashant-bhushan-contempt-petition-against-prashant-bhushan-case-backg