Centre moves SC seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against Prashant Bhushan

The Centre has moved the Supreme Court seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan for his tweets alleging that they amounted to making false statement in a pending case on appointment of M Nageswara Rao as interim CBI Director.

The plea has been filed days after Attorney General K K Venugopal had filed a similar contempt petition against Bhushan for his alleged tweets.

A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra is scheduled to hear on Wednesday the plea filed by NGO Common Cause challenging appointment of Rao as interim chief of the probe agency.

Bhushan, in his tweets, had reportedly alleged that the Centre, represented by Venugopal had misled the apex court on the issue of Rao's appointment.

Venugopal, in his contempt plea, had referred to the extracts of the minutes of the meeting of the high powered selection committee comprising the Prime Minister, Justice A K Sikri and leader of largest opposition party Mallikarjun Kharge.

The Centre, in the ..