{"id":60210,"date":"2020-08-24T17:30:55","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=60210"},"modified":"2020-08-24T17:30:55","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T12:00:55","slug":"ag-k-k-venugopal-refuses-consent-for-initiating-contempt-action-against-swara-bhaskar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ag-k-k-venugopal-refuses-consent-for-initiating-contempt-action-against-swara-bhaskar","title":{"rendered":"AG K K Venugopal refuses consent for initiating contempt action against Swara Bhaskar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/swara-bhaskar.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"60217\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ag-k-k-venugopal-refuses-consent-for-initiating-contempt-action-against-swara-bhaskar\/swara-bhaskar\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/swara-bhaskar.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" 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=\"swara bhaskar\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/swara-bhaskar.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-60217\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/swara-bhaskar.jpg?resize=259%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/swara-bhaskar.jpg?w=259&amp;ssl=1 259w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/swara-bhaskar.jpg?resize=134%2C100&amp;ssl=1 134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a>Attorney General K K Venugopal has refused his consent for initiating criminal contempt of court proceedings against Bollywood actor Swara Bhaskar for her alleged &#8220;derogatory and scandalous&#8221; statements against the Supreme Court over the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case verdict.<\/p>\n<p>The consent of either the Attorney General or the Solicitor General is necessary, under section 15 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, for initiating contempt proceedings against a person.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyer Anuj Saxena had sought consent of the Attorney General for initiating contempt action against the actor.<\/p>\n<p>Venugopal, in a letter to Saxena on August 21, said the actor&#8217;s statement, which is in two paragraphs, appears to be a factual one and is a perception of the speaker.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I do not think that this is a case where the offence of scandalising the court or lowering the authority of the court would arise. I, therefore, decline consent to initiate contempt proceedings against Swara Bhaskar,&#8221; Venugopal said.<\/p>\n<p>Saxena and others have alleged that Bhaskar made these statements at a panel discussion on February 1, 2020 organised by the Mumbai Collective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attorney General K K Venugopal has refused his consent for initiating criminal contempt of court proceedings against Bollywood actor Swara Bhaskar for her alleged &#8220;derogatory and scandalous&#8221; statements against the Supreme Court over the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case verdict. 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