{"id":12112,"date":"2011-07-14T13:08:30","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T07:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=12112"},"modified":"2011-07-14T13:08:30","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T07:38:30","slug":"contempt-of-court-bhushan-told-to-work-out-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/contempt-of-court-bhushan-told-to-work-out-solution","title":{"rendered":"Contempt of court: Bhushan told to work out solution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/senior-counsel-Prashant-Bhushan.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12113\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/contempt-of-court-bhushan-told-to-work-out-solution\/senior-counsel-prashant-bhushan-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/07\/senior-counsel-Prashant-Bhushan.png?fit=255%2C197&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"255,197\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\" Prashant Bhushan\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/07\/senior-counsel-Prashant-Bhushan.png?fit=255%2C197&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12113\" title=\" Prashant Bhushan\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/senior-counsel-Prashant-Bhushan.png?resize=255%2C197&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/07\/senior-counsel-Prashant-Bhushan.png?w=255&amp;ssl=1 255w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/07\/senior-counsel-Prashant-Bhushan.png?resize=150%2C115&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/a>The Supreme Court Wednesday asked senior counsel Prashant Bhushan, who is facing contempt of court proceedings, to sit with court-appointed lawyer Harish Salve to work out a solution in the best interest of the apex court.<\/p>\n<p>Bhushan is facing contempt proceedings for alleging that Justice S.H. Kapadia, before heading the apex court, indulged in misconduct by hearing a mining lease case involving Sterlite Industries.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court bench of Justice Altamas Kabir, Justice Cyriac Joseph and Justice H.L. Dattu told Bhushan: &#8216;We are asking you to do something. It is for the institution. No one will get hurt.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Having said this, the court asked Bhushan: &#8216;Can you sit with amicus curiae (Harish Salve) and work out a solution.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Bhushan in an interview with a magazine alleged misconduct by Justice Kapadia while he was part of the forest bench that decided Niyamgiri Mining lease case in favour of Sterlite Industries.<\/p>\n<p>The senior counsel alleged Justice Kapadia was involved in misconduct because he had shares in the company.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Kapadia was not the Chief Justice of India when the forest bench decided the issue in favour of Sterlite Industries.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing for Bhushan, senior counsel Ram Jethamalani told the court that it was &#8216;unconscionable for any person to say that all that I had said was an utter nonsense. The court must see my problem. I have already clarified the position vis-a-vis Chief Justice S.H. 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