[Contempt of Court] Keyboard warriors like Kunal Kamra can influence minds of followers, create chain reaction: Law student in his rejoinder

Keyboard warriors like Kunal Kamra can influence minds of his followers and create a "chain reaction, one of the law students who filed the criminal contempt case against stand-up comedian told the Supreme Court. .[BREAKING] "Public's faith in judiciary is founded on its own actions, not on criticism about it:" Kunal Kamra refuses to apologise for contempt.Shrirang Katneshwarkar, the 22-year-old law student from Aurangabad, who is one of the petitioners before the top court against Kamra, filed a rejoinder affidavit maintaining that Kamra's tweets against the top court were obnoxious and the contempt proceedings were rightly initiated against him ."One cannot deny that keyboard warriors like the alleged contemnor can influence the minds of his followers thereby creating a chain reaction," the rejoinder affidavit said..Kamra believes in getting defamed because it includes fame, Katneshwarkar added. ."An ordinary prudent man can gather from the tweets that the tweets were obnoxious. Therefore the contempt petitioners who are responsible and law abiding citizens of this country have rightly filed the present criminal contempt proceedings," the rejoinder affidavit stated..It further said that when the alleged contemnor understands that jokes are not reality "then there was no need for the alleged contemnor to publish the scandalous tweets and undermine the dignity of this Court".."When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser," it was submitted. .Kamra is facing contempt of court case in Supreme Court for his tweets criticising the Supreme Court for its order releasing Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami on bail..On November 12, Attorney General KK Venugopal had granted permission to initiate contempt of court proceedings against Kamra based on complaints from various law students and lawyers who had drawn the attention of the law officer to four tweets by Kamra.According to the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, a private individual can file a contempt of court petition in Supreme Court only after obtaining the consent of the Attorney General or the Solicitor General. Similar consent has to be obtained from the concerned Advocate General of the State when filing a contempt petition before a High Court..The following were the four tweets for which the AG had granted consent:1. The Supreme Court of this country is the most Supreme joke of this country...2 .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...3. 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.4. All lawyers with a spine must stop the use of the prefix “Hon’ble” while referring to the Supreme Court or its judges. Honour has left the building long back...Kamra also posted a morphed image of the Supreme Court building with an orange shade and depicting a BJP flag hoisted in the foyer of the Supreme Court..Kamra has maintained that public's faith in the judiciary is founded on the institution's own actions and not on any criticism or commentary about it.."The suggestion that my tweets can shake the foundations of the most powerful Court of the world is an overestimation of my abilities. Just as the Supreme Court values the faith public places in it, it should also trust the public not to form its opinions of the Court on the basis of a few jokes on Twitter. The public's faith in judiciary is founded on the institution's own actions and not on any criticism or commentary about it," the affidavit filed by Kamra said..[BREAKING] Supreme Court to pass order tomorrow in contempt plea against stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra, cartoonist Rachita Taneja .To believe any institution of power in a democracy is beyond criticism is like saying migrants need to find their way back home during an ill planned nationwide lockdown; it is irrational and undemocratic, Kamra contended..He further said that "jokes are made on a comedian's perception" and are used to make people laugh and that "many people do not react to jokes which do not make them laugh" just as political leaders ignore their critics.