Shanti Bhushan makes news again Says he would rather go to jail than apologize for leveling corruption charges against judiciary
The former Law Minister, Shanti Bhushan is in the news again saying, he would rather face imprisonment than apologise for leveling corruption charges against the higher echelons of the Indian judiciary.
The former Law Minister, Shanti Bhushan (pictured left) is in the news again saying, he would rather face imprisonment than apologise for leveling corruption charges against the higher echelons of the Indian judiciary.
The Times of India reports that provoked by the reiteration by the Supreme Court of its offer to drop the contempt charge against Prashant Bhushan, if he apologized for leveling allegations of corruption against the judiciary provoked his father Shanti Bhushan on Wednesday to repeat the contemptuous charges.
The senior Bhushan spoke out of turn, brushing aside repeated requests from a Bench comprising Justices Altamas Kabir, Cyriac Joseph and H.L. Dattu that his application seeking to be made a party in the contempt proceedings. He said, “It is my firm belief that there is a lot of corruption in judiciary. I am saying the same thing which Prashant Bhushan had said. The question of apology does not arise. I will rather prefer to go to jail. The judiciary cannot be cleansed unless the matter is brought into the public domain”.
In the application, the former Law Minister had expressed solidarity with his son Prashant Bhushan (pictured right) and wanted to face contempt charges together by saying that of 16 former CJI, eight were 'definitely corrupt' and dared the SC to send him to jail.
Senior Advocate Ram Jethmalani is representing Senior Advocate Prashant Bhushan. Shanti Bhushan is representing the editor of Tehelka, Tarun Tejpal and Harish Salve, the amicus curiae in this case is being assisted by Meenakshi Grover.
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Anon E. mouse
November 11, 2010 - 7:09pmMore power to them. Our profession and the judiciary really need to stop hiding behind the veil of law being a "noble" profession. When people call bureaucrats and politicians corrupt, are the hauled up for contempt? By the Supreme Court's standards, the entire media in talking about CWG corruption should be behind bars. The appalling thing is that it seems that it does not even cross their mind that perhaps they should investigate the charges, rather than obsessing on their "sorry keh de, beta" glib talk.
R.BALASUBRAMANIAM
November 12, 2010 - 6:46pmIf 8 out of 16 CJs are corrupt all these 8 belong to selection process of this and last decade because for simple reason such people were allowed to be elevated as High Court judges and purely on seniority get reach the Apex Court comfartably
Prashant karnawat
November 12, 2010 - 6:08pmWhy Supreme Court wants an apology. If court thinks that Mr. Bhushan made baseless allegations then court should do the needful to save the reputation of the judiciary.But………. we know that they also know that the allegations made by Mr. Bhushan are not totally without basis. People of INDIA have every right to know about the wrong doings of the people whom they say â€کMY LOARD’. My humble request to Justices Altamas Kabir, Cyriac Joseph and H.L. Dattu that please leave this matter for public domain.
Prashant karnawat
November 13, 2010 - 12:02amWhy Supreme Court wants an apology. If court thinks that Mr. Bhushan made baseless allegations then court should do the needful to save the reputation of the judiciary.But………. we know that they also know that the allegations made by Mr. Bhushan are not totally without basis. People of INDIA have every right to know about the wrong doings of the people whom they say â€کMY LOARD’. My humble request to Justices Altamas Kabir, Cyriac Joseph and H.L. Dattu that please leave this matter for public domain.
Prashant karnawat
November 12, 2010 - 6:08pmWhy Supreme Court wants an apology. If court thinks that Mr. Bhushan made baseless allegations then court should do the needful to save the reputation of the judiciary.But………. we know that they also know that the allegations made by Mr. Bhushan are not totally without basis. People of INDIA have every right to know about the wrong doings of the people whom they say â€کMY LOARD’. My humble request to Justices Altamas Kabir, Cyriac Joseph and H.L. Dattu that please leave this matter for public domain.
Prashant karnawat
November 12, 2010 - 6:08pmWhy Supreme Court wants an apology. If court thinks that Mr. Bhushan made baseless allegations then court should do the needful to save the reputation of the judiciary.But………. we know that they also know that the allegations made by Mr. Bhushan are not totally without basis. People of INDIA have every right to know about the wrong doings of the people whom they say â€کMY LOARD’. My humble request to Justices Altamas Kabir, Cyriac Joseph and H.L. Dattu that please leave this matter for public domain.
xyz
November 17, 2010 - 12:23pmSC should look into the allegations honestly and without any bias. If they find truth in the allegation then punish the culprit..every1 knows the decision of ADM Jabalpur and the man who was made scapegoat. Highest court cant protect their misdeeds under the viel of Contempt court...this is extremely bad for the judiciary and will help in breeding corruption..."God can only save our country" ...infact our country is running on god's mercy..."Bhagwan Bharoshe"
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