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The tweets of senior advocate Prashant Bhushan, which were the basis for the contempt notice against him by the Supreme Court, have been withheld by Twitter.
The tweets have been withheld after a bench of Justices Arun Mishra, BR Gavai, and Krishna Murari took up a case suo motu against Bhushan and Twitter India with regard to two tweets posted by Bhushan. The court order had not asked for Twitter to remove the tweets.
They are to provide their responses as to why they have not committed contempt of court before the next date of hearing, which is 5 August.
The Supreme Court, in its order, said that the tweets have “brought the administration of justice in disrepute and are capable of undermining the dignity and authority of the Institution of Supreme Court in general and the office of the Chief Justice of India in particular, in the eyes of public at large.”
Bhushan, while speaking to The Quint did not wish to comment further at this time on the case. The case was filed on 9 July.
The judges have said the contempt case relates to the following tweets by Bhushan on his Twitter handle:
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