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Pay Rs 1 fine or go to jail, SC to Prashant Bhushan in the contempt case

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The Supreme Court fined lawyer Prashant Bhushan Rs 1 which needs to be paid by 15 September in the contempt case against him. If he fails to pay the fine then he will have to face jail for three months and his license will be cancelled for three years.

Justice Arun Mishra said that the court directly and indirectly persuaded Bhushan to express regret. This was not heeded to by him and he gave wide publicity to his statements, Mishra added, according to LiveLaw.

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The top court had on 14 August held him guilty of contempt for his two tweets against the judiciary.

The first one posted on June 29, related to his comment/post on a picture of CJI Bobde on a high-end bike.

In his second tweet, Bhushan expressed his opinion on the role of the last four CJIs amid the state of affairs in the country. Meanwhile, another contempt of court case against Prashant Bhushan is also pending before the Supreme Court.

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