2009 Contempt Case against Prashant Bhushan: LIVE UPDATES from Supreme Court hearing

The Supreme Court is hearing the contempt case against Advocate Prashant Bhushan over allegations made by him in an interview against former Chief Justices of India SH Kapadia and KG Balakrishnan.

During the interview, Bhushan also allegedly said that half of the preceding 16 Chief Justices of India were corrupt. As per the complaint, Bhushan also said that he had no proof of the allegations.

The Supreme Court had subsequently taken suo motu notice of the issue after a complaint to this effect was filed by Senior Advocate Harish Salve, Amicus in the case. The contempt petition was held to be maintainable by a three-judge Bench on November 10, 2010.

On August 10, this year, the Court decided to hear the matter on merits. A week later, the Court expressed its inclination to examine larger questions that it opined were raised in the case.

As regards the charges of contempt against Bhushan in this instant case, the Bench had expressed its inclination to "put a quietus" to the issue.

Live updates of the hearing today feature on this page.