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Add to manifesto: Remove scandalizing the court as a ground for criminal contempt of court

Pirate PraveenPirate Praveen Sat 5 Sep 2020 10:16AMPublicSeen by 19

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One of the reasons why England, in 2013, repealed scandalising judiciary as a ground for contempt is to allow constructive criticism[1].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.

[1] https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/contempt-of-court-provision-vague-former-sc-hc-judges/story-0rzJOODbOyIIrqrJhQwxnM.html

Pirate Praveen

Add to manifesto: Remove scandalizing the court as a ground for criminal contempt of court

proposal by Pirate Praveen 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One of the reasons why England, in 2013, repealed scandalising judiciary as a ground for contempt is to allow constructive criticism.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.

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Pirate Bady

Pirate BadyMon 7 Sep 2020 6:52PM

quoting Section 2(c)(i) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, for reference:

Section 2 (c) “criminal contempt” means the publication (whether by words, spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representation, or otherwise) of any matter or the doing of any other act whatsoever which

(i) scandalises or tends to scandalise, or lowers or tends to lower the authority of, any court;


source: https://doj.gov.in/sites/default/files/contempt.pdf