Bengaluru: Journalist Rajdeep Sardesai heaved a sigh of relief as Attorney General KK Venugopal refuses permission for proceedings against him for contempt of court. 

In his letter, he said, "I find that the statements made by Shri Sardesai are not so serious a nature as to undermine the majesty of the Supreme Court or lower its stature in the minds of the public. The reputation of the Supreme Court as one of the great pillars of our democracy has been built assiduously over the last 70 years."

 

But the General did not mince words when he said, “Trifling remarks and mere passing criticism though perhaps distasteful are unlikely to tarnish the image of the institution.”

The following are the tweets assumed to have angered the petitioners: 

Tweet 1:

More on @pbhushan1 case: FYI: Sec 67 of IPC stipulates - if fine < Rs. 50/- ,imprisonment can’t exceed 2 months. SC has given 3 months.

Tweet 2:
SC has no authority to debar practice - 5 Judge Bench ruling of SC in VC Misra’s case. Why can’t SC just apologise and be done with it!

Tweet 3:

Breaking: @pbhushan1 held guilty of contempt by SC, sentence to be pronounced on August 20.. this even as habeas corpus petitions of those detained in Kashmir for more than a year remain pending!

Tweet 4:

Breaking: @pbhushan1 held guilty of contempt by SC, sentence to be pronounced on August 20.. this even as habeas corpus petitions of those detained in Kashmir for more than a year remain pending! 🙏

Tweet 5:
Am told @TwitterIndia has already agreed to delete the tweets even before @pbhushan1 can file his response! So much for free speech. Now, if only twitter and the courts would act against the real hate mongers!

It is very pertinent to note that people like Rajdeep Sardesai praise the court when the verdict is in their favour and never fall short of issuing diatribes and polemics against the judiciary.