Supreme Court, Prashant Bhushan Contempt Proceedings and issues involved.
In my humble opinion, I was within the rights of journalists in publishing the letter in question and making comments thereon. I believed the letter to be of great public importance and one that called for public criticism. – Mahatma Gandhi The above statement was made by Mahatma Gandhi in the contempt case initiated against him by the Bombay High court in 1920. Recently Prashant Bhushan made similar statements before Hon’ble Apex Court which found him guilty of the Contempt, he said that "I do not ask for mercy, I do not appeal to Magnanimity, I am here to cheerfully submit to any penalty". Therefore because of the similarity between the above two statements several of the supporters of Prashant Bhushan are drawing a comparison with Mahatma Gandhi. It is humbly submitted here that before I begin I would like to clarify that nowhere I intend to critically analyze the judgment whereas in this section I merely intend to shine the light on every aspect of the facts and issues in...