The sentence of senior advocate Prashant Bhushan, convicted in the Supreme Court contempt case, may be announced today. The court reserved the verdict after hearing Bhushan’s sentence on 20 August. Contempt provides for jail of up to six months. The court may also impose a fine or some other notional punishment instead of jail. Earlier, the court had given Bhushan time till 24 August to give unconditional apology, but he refused to apologize.
In a supplementary statement filed in the Supreme Court on Monday, Prashant Bhushan said that if he apologizes, doing so would be his conscience and contempt of this institution. Supreme Court Prashant Bhushan has been convicted of contempt of court for tweeting two about Chief Justice SA Bobde and former four Chief Justices.
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Bhushan said that it is his duty as a court officer to speak up whenever he feels that this court is deviating from its grand tradition. That is why he criticized the court or any Chief Justice not with the intention of contempt but with goodwill. It is not right to apologize in such a situation.
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Bhushan said that it has never happened when a situation of apologizing for a mistake or wrong done by him has come up. It is a privilege for him that he served this institution and brought many public interest issues in front of it. He realizes that he has received more from this institution than what he got to give to this institution. He has great respect for the Supreme Court.
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