[Breaking] AG KK Venugopal declines to give consent to initiate contempt proceedings against Rajdeep Sardesai

"Trifling remarks and mere passing criticism though perhaps distasteful are unlikely to tarnish the image of the institution", AG Venugopal has said in his letter declining to grant consent.

Rajdeep sardesai

Attorney General for India KK Venugopal has declined to grant consent for initiating contempt proceedings against journalist Rajdeep Sardesai over his tweets critiquing the Court's sentencing verdict in the Prashant Bhushan case and other tweets concerning the judiciary.

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Supreme Court of India

Contempt of Court

Attorney General KK Venugopal

Consent

Rajdeep Sardesai