"Won't apologize, won't hire lawyers, won't pay fine" says Kunal Kamra facing Contempt charge
New Delhi: Popular stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra who is being tried under the contempt of court with regards to one of his tweets about the Supreme Court, on Friday issued a statement through his Twitter handle adding that his views have not changed because of the silence of the Supreme Court of India on matters of other’s personal liberty cannot go uncriticized.
Kamra had tweeted an edited picture of the Supreme Court which displayed the apex court saffronized in color and a BJP flag hoisted in its premises. His move was prompted by the SC’s order granting interim bail to Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami in 2018 abetment to suicide case after the matter was listed for an urgent hearing in less than 24-hours.
Later, Attorney General KK Venugopal had granted consent to initiate proceedings of Contempt of Court against Kamra.
In an open letter to the judges of the Supreme Court and Venugopal, Kamra declared that he did not intend to retract or apologize for his remarks.
Kamra said the tweets, which have been found to be in bad taste by the attorney general, reflected his view on the Supreme Court’s ruling on Arnab Goswami’s bail request.
“My view hasn’t changed because the silence of the Supreme Court of India on matters of other’s personal liberty cannot go uncriticised. I don’t intend to retract my tweets or apologize for them. I believe they speak for themselves,” Kamra said in the post titled “No lawyers, No apology, No fine, No waste of space”.
He also suggested that the court’s time could be better-utilized hearing cases relating to “demonetization, the petition challenging the revocation of J&K’s special status, the matter of the legality of electoral bonds or countless other matters that are more deserving of time and attention”.
No lawyers, No apology, No fine, No waste of space ??? pic.twitter.com/B1U7dkVB1W
— Kunal Kamra (@kunalkamra88) November 13, 2020
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Manipur: Mortal remains of children killed in bomb attack handed over to family
Imphal (PTI): The mortal remains of two children, who were killed in a bomb attack in Manipur's Bishnupur district in April, were handed over to family members on Saturday, officials said.
The bodies of the five-year-old boy and his six-month-old sister were kept in the morgue for 25 days, as the family members had refused to accept the mortal remains, demanding that the perpetrators be brought to book at the earliest.
On April 25, Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh had appealed to the family members of the children to accept the bodies. Singh had also said that all efforts were underway to find the culprits.
The two children were killed in a bomb attack at Tronglaobi in Bishnupur district on April 7. Their bodies were kept in the morgue at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences in Imphal.
The incident had triggered widespread violent protests in the five valley districts of Manipur, and the case was subsequently handed over to the NIA.
Hundreds of people lined up along the way to Tronglaobi to offer floral tributes, as the mortal remains were taken for the last rites in an open vehicle earlier in the day.
