After AG’s Consent, Contempt Plea Against Rachita Taneja in SC

AG Venugopal said Taneja’s tweets had presented the Supreme Court of India ‘as biased towards the ruling party.’

Following the consent of Attorney General KK Venugopal, a law student has moved the Supreme Court with a petition for initiating criminal contempt proceedings against comic artist Rachita Taneja for her alleged objectionable tweets against the apex court.

Earlier in November, two weeks after he okayed contempt charges against stand-up comic Kunal Kamra, Attorney General of India KK Venugopal allowed a law student to initiate contempt of court proceedings against another comic, Taneja.

Granting consent to Aditya Kashyap, the law student, Venugopal said that Taneja’s tweets had presented the Supreme Court of India “as biased towards the ruling party."