Nupur Sharma case: Attorney General says no to contempt in opposition to ex-judge
By Express News Service
NEW DELHI: Attorney General K K Venugopal has not given consent to provoke contempt proceedings in opposition to former Delhi High Court choose SN Dhingra and two others for criticising the Supreme Court over its observations in opposition to suspended BJP chief Nupur Sharma.
Advocate C R Jaya Sukin had sought Venugopal’s consent to provoke felony contempt of court docket in opposition to Dhingra, former further solicitor common (ASG) Aman Lekhi and senior advocate K Rama Kumar for calling the highest court docket’s observations in Nupur Sharma’s case “irresponsible, illegal and unfair”.
Venugopal stated the statements made by the three individuals had been neither “vituperative nor abusive” nor had been they more likely to intervene with the administration of justice by the SC.
“I’ve gone through your request seeking consent to initiate proceedings for criminal contempt against Justice (retd) S N Dhingra, Lekhi and Rama Kumar…The statements are not vituperative or abusive nor are they likely to interfere with the administration of justice…the SC, in several judgements, has held that fair and reasonable criticism of judicial proceedings would not constitute contempt of court,” he stated.
NEW DELHI: Attorney General K K Venugopal has not given consent to provoke contempt proceedings in opposition to former Delhi High Court choose SN Dhingra and two others for criticising the Supreme Court over its observations in opposition to suspended BJP chief Nupur Sharma.
Advocate C R Jaya Sukin had sought Venugopal’s consent to provoke felony contempt of court docket in opposition to Dhingra, former further solicitor common (ASG) Aman Lekhi and senior advocate K Rama Kumar for calling the highest court docket’s observations in Nupur Sharma’s case “irresponsible, illegal and unfair”.
Venugopal stated the statements made by the three individuals had been neither “vituperative nor abusive” nor had been they more likely to intervene with the administration of justice by the SC.
“I’ve gone through your request seeking consent to initiate proceedings for criminal contempt against Justice (retd) S N Dhingra, Lekhi and Rama Kumar…The statements are not vituperative or abusive nor are they likely to interfere with the administration of justice…the SC, in several judgements, has held that fair and reasonable criticism of judicial proceedings would not constitute contempt of court,” he stated.
