Sat 5 Sep 2020 10:16AM
Add to manifesto: Remove scandalizing the court as a ground for criminal contempt of court
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A follow up to https://codema.in/d/nErN4pDg/to-endorse-the-statement-by-lawyers-demanding-justice-to-prashant-bhushan-
Add the following to our manifesto:
One of the reasons why England, in 2013, repealed scandalising judiciary as a ground for contempt is to allow constructive criticism[1]. We should do the same in India.
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Poll Created Sat 5 Sep 2020 10:18AM
Add to manifesto: Remove scandalizing the court as a ground for criminal contempt of court Closed Sat 12 Sep 2020 10:00AM
One of the reasons why England, in 2013, repealed scandalising judiciary as a ground for contempt is to allow constructive criticism. We should do the same in India.
Results
Results | Option | % of points | Voters | |
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Agree | 100.0% | 2 |
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Abstain | 0.0% | 0 | ||
Disagree | 0.0% | 0 | ||
Block | 0.0% | 0 | ||
Undecided | 0% | 171 |
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2 of 173 people have participated (1%)
Pirate Bady · Mon 7 Sep 2020 6:52PM
quoting Section 2(c)(i) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, for reference:
source: https://doj.gov.in/sites/default/files/contempt.pdf