SC Issues Contempt Notice to Comic Artist Kunal Kamra for His Tweets Against Judiciary

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to stand up comedian Kunal Kamra on the petitions seeking criminal contempt action against him for his tweets made about the Supreme Court and its judges.

AG K.K. Venugopal had allowed initiation of criminal contempt proceedings

AG KK Venugopal had granted his consent for initiation of contempt proceedings against Mr Kamra, over his tweets about the Supreme Court. Mr Kamra had taken to the microblogging platform to tweet against the SC's order granting the release of Arnab Goswami on interim bail. 

Mr Venugopal had earlier taken note of the displeasing comments made and called them highly objectionable.

"I find that today people believe that they can boldly and brazenly condemn the Supreme Court of India and its judges by exercising what they believe is their freedom of speech. But under the Constitution, the freedom of speech is subject to the law of contempt and I believe that it is time that people understand that attacking the Supreme Court of India unjustifiedly and brazenly will attract punishment under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1972."- K.K. Venugopal

Kamra's controversial tweets in brief

Mr Kamra had taken to Twitter soon after Mr Arnab Goswami was released on interim bail in the abatement to suicide case. In his first tweet, he called the Supreme Court as the Supreme Joke of the country. This was followed up by a morphed photo which showed the Supreme Court in saffron colour with a BJP flag flying over it. If this was not enough, he made scathing remarks attacking Justice Chandrachud by comparing him to a flight attendant serving champagne to first-class passengers.

Mr Kamra had earlier issued a statement on Twitter refusing to apologise for his tweets in question, It remains to be seen how he reacts to the notice issued against him.