Re: [HumJanenge] Prefer jail to apology, ex-minister tells court

If someone opens a can or worms, and sticks to his convictions, he prefers to go to jail rather than bow down to corruptions my hats off to him, a true Mahatma Gandhi in the making.

Jai HO

Leslie Almeida


11 Nov 2010 07:19:10 +0530 wrote
>Prefer jail to
apology, ex-minister tells court




SAMANWAYA RAUTRAY














New Delhi, Nov.
10: Former law minister Shanti Bhushan today told the Supreme Court
he would rather "go to jail" for contempt of court than say sorry for
his comment on corruption in the judiciary.



The statement came
at a hearing of a contempt case against his son, activist lawyer
Prashant Bhushan, whose sweeping remarks about corruption among judges
in a magazine interview had prompted the charge.



"A lot of people
believe there is lot of corruption in the judiciary," Bhushan senior,
who had impleaded himself in the petition, said. "I would prefer to go
to jail than say sorry. I will keep repeating it. There is no question
of any apology," he told the bench headed by Justice Altamas Kabir.



Asked to clarify
if he was speaking for his son, he said: "I am speaking for both."



In the interview,
Prashant Bhushan had made adverse comments against Chief Justice S.H.
Kapadia, then next in line to be the CJI, for ignoring potential
conflict of interest and awarding mining leases to a company in which
he held some shares.



On November 6 last
year, the court issued contempt notices against the lawyer, who has
been spearheading a campaign for making the judiciary more transparent
and accountable.



The lawyer, who is
represented by Ram Jethmalani, chose to stay away from the proceedings.
The next hearing is on December 7.



Earlier, Rajeev
Dhavan, lawyer for Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal whose magazine
published the lawyer's remarks, angered the court saying there was "no
doubt there is corruption in the judiciary".



"Don't make
sweeping statements," Justice Kabir snapped.



"I will say it
properly if I can," Dhavan retorted.



"Propriety demands
that you do," the judge said.
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