Supreme Court took the glorious opportunity to reiterate its magnanimity by letting off Prashant Bhushan, with a Re.1/- fine, and has made mincemeat of his expectation to become a martyr. Sentencing him was surely necessary, as he was a serial offender.
One can't help but not notice how the these commentators have refrained from bringing in the caste angle, it would certainly have been a point of contention had Bhushan belonged to some other dispensation.
His tweet saying SC is playing an active role in the 'destruction of democracy' is not an opinion it's a claim. And when such a claim comes from a Supreme Court lawyer none the less, it gives a whole other context to it.
कुंठा से लदे दिमाग वाले इन क्रांतिकारियों से कोई पूछे कि इस बहादुर वकील ने हार्ले डेविडसन बाइक पर बैठे CJI वाली तस्वीर ट्वीट करने को लेकर कैसे माफी मांग ली?
मामला अब मात्र प्रशांत भूषण के माफी मांगने तक सीमित नहीं रह गया है। यह एक बहाना है। उनका असली मकसद देश की संवैधानिक संस्थाओं के प्रति आम लोगों में अविश्वास की भावना विकसित करने के लिए एक नरैटिव तैयार करना है, जिससे लोगों के भीतर अपनी ही सरकार और संस्थाओं के प्रति भरोसा कम होता जाए।
It was quite unnecessary for the Supreme Court to have initiated contempt proceedings against Prashant Bhushan, the senior lawyer before the apex court for his allegedly ‘scandalous tweets”.