Media Comments on Pending Cases Cause Damage: Attorney General

Appearing for Prashant Bhushan, senior advocate Rajeev Dhawan, however, disagreed with Venugopal’s views.

Appearing before the Supreme Court in his personal capacity, Attorney General KK Venugopal alleged on Tuesday, 13 October, that media discussions on sub judice matters influence judges’ thoughts, and cause great damage to the judicial institution, reported NDTV.

Sub judice matters are those which are pending before a court of law.

This development comes as the Supreme Court examined lawyer-activist Prashant Bhushan’s controversial, published remarks from 2009 in a contempt case against him.