<p>The Supreme Court has initiated a Suo Motu criminal contempt proceedings against activist-advocate Prashant Bhushan and Twitter India for his alleged contemptuous statements on the micro blogging site.</p>.<p>A bench of Justices Arun Mishra, B R Gavai and Krishna Murari is scheduled to take up the matter on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The Suo Motu matter was registered by the court on July 9.</p>.<p>The top court's adverse action was apparently attributed to tweets posted by Bhushan on June 27 and 29. The first tweet accused four CJIs of "playing a role in destruction of democracy" and second one was alleging current CJI of "riding a Rs 50 lakh bike of a BJP leader" and "keeping the SC in lockdown".</p>.<p>Bhushan has already faced a contempt proceedings in 2019 on a petition filed by Attorney General K K Venugopal and the Union Government for his tweets of February 1 on appointment of M Nageshwara Rao as interim CBI director.</p>.<p>Earlier also, he faced another contempt before the top court for their statement alleging corruption against former Chief Justices of India.</p>.<p>The Contempt of Court Act carried the maximum punishment of six months jail term for those found guilty of any act for undermining the majesty of court and obstructing the administration of justice.</p>
<p>The Supreme Court has initiated a Suo Motu criminal contempt proceedings against activist-advocate Prashant Bhushan and Twitter India for his alleged contemptuous statements on the micro blogging site.</p>.<p>A bench of Justices Arun Mishra, B R Gavai and Krishna Murari is scheduled to take up the matter on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The Suo Motu matter was registered by the court on July 9.</p>.<p>The top court's adverse action was apparently attributed to tweets posted by Bhushan on June 27 and 29. The first tweet accused four CJIs of "playing a role in destruction of democracy" and second one was alleging current CJI of "riding a Rs 50 lakh bike of a BJP leader" and "keeping the SC in lockdown".</p>.<p>Bhushan has already faced a contempt proceedings in 2019 on a petition filed by Attorney General K K Venugopal and the Union Government for his tweets of February 1 on appointment of M Nageshwara Rao as interim CBI director.</p>.<p>Earlier also, he faced another contempt before the top court for their statement alleging corruption against former Chief Justices of India.</p>.<p>The Contempt of Court Act carried the maximum punishment of six months jail term for those found guilty of any act for undermining the majesty of court and obstructing the administration of justice.</p>
