Supreme Court has issued notice to the Secretary of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly to appear before top Court and show cause as to why Contempt Proceedings should not be initiated against him for the letter authored by him to #ArnabGoswami.Supreme Court has also stayed his arrest till further...
Supreme Court has issued notice to the Secretary of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly to appear before top Court and show cause as to why Contempt Proceedings should not be initiated against him for the letter authored by him to #ArnabGoswami.
Supreme Court has also stayed his arrest till further orders.
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2020-11-06 08:14:19
6 Nov 2020 1:48 PM IST
This is a serious charge, please file a proper application, #CJI tells Salve
6 Nov 2020 1:48 PM IST
I have attached the show cause notice. There is an application for directions therein. The notice cannot be used in the courts, says Salve
6 Nov 2020 1:47 PM IST
Who is appearing for Assembly? asks #CJI
I have served them multiple times but they have chosen not to appear, says Salve
6 Nov 2020 1:46 PM IST
#CJI asks : What is this? There is only one precedent of this nature from the 1940's which was a letter by a prisoner in Nagpur to the CJ and that letter had been withheld by the SP of the Jail. CJ then issued contempt.
6 Nov 2020 1:45 PM IST
Salve reads out a letter by the Secretary for the Assembly.
6 Nov 2020 1:45 PM IST
I will show my lords something today which will grant him relief, says Salve.
6 Nov 2020 1:45 PM IST
Senior Advocate Harish Salve says #ArnabGoswami's wife has filed an affidavit today because he is in jail in a very serious matter.
#CJI: In jail for this matter?
In jail for something that was discussed in the Assembly, says Salve
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