By Akshita Saxena
A law student has moved the Supreme Court seeking initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against comic artist Rachita Taneja (Sanitary Panels),
for her illustrative tweets depicting Supreme Court being hand in glove with the ruling party, BJP.
“The three alleged posts in the form of cartoons/ caricatures have shaken the public trust and confidence in the judicial system of our constitutional democracy by directly attacking and making insinuations.
against the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India,” the plea filed by a 5th Year law student Aditya Kashyap through Advocate Namit Saxena said.
The Attorney General for India, KK Venugopal had granted his consent to initiate contempt proceedings against the comic artist, last week.
“The tweet is clearly calculated to undermine the public confidence in the independence and impartiality of the Supreme Court of India,” the AG had said. ( Live Law )
