NEW DELHI: Advocate Prashant Bhushan, who was recently convicted for contempt of court by the Supreme Court, has moved the apex court for framing of rules and guidelines for allowing filing of intra-court appeal against conviction by the SC in original criminal contempt cases.
Bhushan alleged that the right of appeal is an absolute right for a convict but it is not available in those cases in which contempt proceedings are initiated and decided in the SC. He submitted that convicts should be allowed to file appeal against the SC order in the apex court itself in an intra-court appeal and it should be heard by a different and larger bench. “Contempt proceedings are one in which the injured party (Supreme Court) acts as the prosecutor, witness and judge, thereby raising fear of inherent bias,” he said.
Bhushan alleged that the right of appeal is an absolute right for a convict but it is not available in those cases in which contempt proceedings are initiated and decided in the SC. He submitted that convicts should be allowed to file appeal against the SC order in the apex court itself in an intra-court appeal and it should be heard by a different and larger bench. “Contempt proceedings are one in which the injured party (Supreme Court) acts as the prosecutor, witness and judge, thereby raising fear of inherent bias,” he said.
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