{"id":59489,"date":"2020-04-27T17:04:13","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T11:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=59489"},"modified":"2020-04-27T17:04:13","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T11:34:13","slug":"why-should-we-hear-him-sc-slams-advocate-prashant-bhushan-for-insulting-judiciary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/why-should-we-hear-him-sc-slams-advocate-prashant-bhushan-for-insulting-judiciary","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Why should we hear him?&#8217; SC slams Advocate Prashant Bhushan for insulting Judiciary."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/prashant-bhushan.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"55368\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-issues-notice-to-lawyer-prashant-bhushan-on-contempt-plea-by-ag-and-centre\/prashant-bhushan-6\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/prashant-bhushan.jpg?fit=286%2C176&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"286,176\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&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\/2019\/02\/prashant-bhushan.jpg?fit=286%2C176&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-55368\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/prashant-bhushan.jpg?resize=286%2C176&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"286\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/prashant-bhushan.jpg?w=286&amp;ssl=1 286w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/prashant-bhushan.jpg?resize=150%2C92&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/a>The Supreme Court bench had slammed Prashant Bhushan for openly maligning and insulting the judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>The Apex Court said that Prashant Bhushan does not have any faith in the institution.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Kaul even said that why should the Top Court hear him when Mr Bhushan does not have any faith in it.<\/p>\n<p>Prashant Bhushan had filed a petition complaining that migrant workers were not provided wages, ration and had no shelter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court bench had slammed Prashant Bhushan for openly maligning and insulting the judiciary. 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