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Bhushan says IAF officials being pressured on Rafale

Ahmedabad: Senior Supreme Court lawyer and activist Prashant Bhushan on Saturday alleged that to justify the changed Rafale deal, the Indian Air Force (IAF) officials were being forced to speak in praise of the new deal signed by the Modi Government. The opposition parties and many activists have been questioning the change in the deal […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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AAP ousts Bhushan, Yadav from top body in split decision

New Delhi:In a move that brought into the open the schism within, Delhi’s ruling AAP Wednesday ousted senior leaders Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav from its top decision-making body, after weeks of infighting that pitted the two against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. With 19 of the 21 members attending the Aam Aadmi Party’s National Executive, […]

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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AAP sacks Bhushan, Yadav from top body

The AAP announced today that it had ousted two top leaders, Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav, out of its decision-making Political Affairs Committee (PAC)

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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Prashant Bhushan quits governing bodies of 3 NGOs

New Delhi: Advocate Prashant Bhushan has resigned from the governing bodies of NGOs Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL), Common Cause and Swaraj Abhiyan. Bhushan said in a tweet: “People are asking if I have resigned from CommonCause, CPIL and Swaraj Abhiyan. I have resigned from the GBs (governing bodies) of these since the Bar […]

  • Sunday, 02 May 2021
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SC to hear Rafale review pleas, contempt plea against Rahul on May 10

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing on a bunch of review petitions in Rafale deal, saying it will club the review pleas and the contempt case against Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s “chowkidar chor hai” remark attributing it to the top court on May 10. Interestingly, the court’s direction came after learning […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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SC Holds Lawyer Prashant Bhushan Guilty Of Contempt For Tweets Against Judiciary, CJI

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday held activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt for his two derogatory tweets against the judiciary. A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra said it would hear on August 20 the arguments on quantum of sentence to be awarded to Bhushan in the matter. A contemnor can be punished […]

  • Tuesday, 13 April 2021
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772 Lawyers Write To CJI Raising Concerns On Emerging Trend To Intimidate Judiciary

New Delhi: A group of 772 lawyers have written a letter to Chief Justice S.A. Bobde to raise concerns on an emerging trend to browbeat and intimidate the judiciary. “India has witnessed a series of attacks by institutional disruptors against judges who are unwilling to agree with them and toe the line drawn by them. […]

  • Tuesday, 13 April 2021
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One Rupee Fine For Prashant Bhushan In Contempt Case

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday imposed a token fine of one rupee against activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan as punishment in the contempt case against him. Bhushan, who has been convicted for two tweets against the judiciary, has to deposit the fine with the Supreme Court registry by September 15, said a bench headed by […]

  • Tuesday, 13 April 2021
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Delhi Riots: Salman Khurshid, Prashant Bhushan Named In Charge Sheet

New Delhi: From politicians to lawyers and activists, names of various prominent personalities have come up in the charge sheet filed by the Delhi Police in the Delhi riots case. This includes the name of Congress leader Salman Khurshid and advocate Prashant Bhushan. Their names have come up in the disclosure statement of the former […]

  • Monday, 12 April 2021
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