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According to the Contempt of Courts Act, the offense carries a punishment of up to six months in prison or a fine up to Rs 2,000 or both

The Supreme Court will hear two contempt of court cases against advocate Prashant Bhushan on Tuesday. One of the two is based on two tweets put out by Bhushan criticizing the court and the chief justice of India (CJI), SA Bobde. It will be heard with regard to the sentence to be handed down to Bhushan.

The court on August 14 held Bhushan blameworthy of criminal hatred for this situation and had saved the issue for the additional conference to settle on the discipline. At the point when the case was heard on August 20 to choose the sentence, Bhushan would not apologize.

The court conceded him time till Monday to reexamine his position however Bhushan held fast and presented an announcement on Monday that he remains by his tweets. He said that the perspectives communicated by him through his tweets spoke to his genuine (great confidence) convictions and, in this way, a statement of regret for communicating such convictions would be contemptible.

A three-judge seat headed by equity Arun Mishra will presently think about this announcement on Tuesday and settle on the game-plan to be embraced.

As indicated by the Contempt of Courts Act, the offense conveys a discipline of as long as a half year in jail or a fine up to Rs 2,000 or both.

A similar seat, which additionally involves judges BR Gavai and Krishna Murari, will hear the second disdain of legal dispute against Bhushan. This case goes back to 2009 and identifies with Bhushan’s remarks calling past CJIs degenerate in a 2009 meeting to Tehelka magazine.

Senior promoter Harish Salve carried the remarks to the consideration of the court dependent on which hatred activity was started against him in November 2009.

The case was recorded by the top court on July 24 more than eight years after it was last heard. Bhushan would not apologize for his announcement yet offered a clarification to the court in regards to his comments. The court on August 10 dismissed Bhushan’s clarification and chosen to continue with the case and hear it in detail.

At the point when the case was heard on August 17, the court said that specific bigger legitimate issues should be settled including whether charges of debasement against judges can be made by the method of open proclamations and the methodology to be embraced when such claims are raised.