Regret error on tweet on CJI says Prashant Bhushan
New Delhi, Nov 07: Lawyer Prashant Bhushan has regretted an "error" in his tweet of October 21 in which he was critical of Chief Justice of India SA Bobde being provided a special helicopter by the Madhya Pradesh government.
In
October,
Bhushan
had
said
the
Chief
Justice
took
the
special
helicopter
during
his
visit
to
Kanha
National
Park
while
"an
important
case
of
disqualification
of
defecting
MLAs
of
MP
(Madhya
Pradesh)
is
pending
before
him.
Survival
of
MP
govt
depends
on
this
case".
Mr
Bhushan
on
November
4,
however,
tweeted
that
he
"regretted" the
error
in
his
earlier
tweet.
"Elections were held yesterday to seats of defecting Cong MLAs in MP who were made ministers in the Shivraj Govt. Survival of Shivraj govt will depend on their re-election, not on decision of case in CJIs court challenging their ministership. I regret this error in my tweet below," Bhushan tweeted.
Elections were held yesterday to seats of defecting Cong MLAs in MP who were made ministers in the Shivraj Govt. Survival of Shivraj govt will depend on their re-election, not on decision of case in CJIs court challenging their ministership. I regret this error in my tweet below https://t.co/SkX86iuJuS
— Prashant Bhushan (@pbhushan1) November 4, 2020
On November 4, a bench headed by the Chief Justice disposed of a plea that had raised the issue of pendency of disqualification proceedings against some Congress MLAs who had joined the BJP and were appointed as ministers in the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government in Madhya Pradesh.
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The plea was disposed of after senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for petitioner Congress MLA Vinay Saxena, said that bypolls on 28 assembly constituencies in Madhya Pradesh have been already held on Tuesday, leaving the plea "infructuous".
The Supreme Court on August 31 imposed a token fine of Re 1 against Bhushan as punishment in a contempt case against him. Mr Bhushan was earlier convicted for two tweets against the judiciary.