SSen Email 24/8: By charging and convicting Prashant Bhushan, the Supreme Court has, at one stroke, removed a long-held taboo - opened up the floodgate of public review of its own conduct and the place that the judiciary should occupy in a democratic set-up.
Quoting Soli Sorabjee in interview with the Hindu "truth is an absolute defence against contempt.. a person should be given an opportunity to prove his allegations are true...If Mr. Bhushan is ready to establish the facts of his allegations, then how can you prevent him... He should not be intimidated into silence. " (Soli Sorabjee) also disagreed with the court’s view that the Attorney General of India’s prior consent was not necessary before initiating suo motu contempt.
The Attorney General was interuppted when he tried to give instances of Corruption in the Judiciary.. The Wire put together the list of judges the AG was likely referring to
SSen ( email ) also points out that Justice Mishra should have not been on a bench adjudicating a complaint against Sr. Adv. Prashant Bhushan ( as Bhushan had a few months before tweeted about the presence of top BJP leaders at a family function of the Judges son-in-law )
scan of the specifics and the broader implications of the contempt case: https://theleaflet.in/contempt-unbound-the-supreme-court-on-prashant-bhushan/