Arnab Goswami Supreme Court issues notice to Mah Assembly secy for issuing letter to Arnab Goswami
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Friday issued a contempt notice to Maharashtra Assembly secretary for allegedly questioning the move of Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami of challenging the privilege notice against him in court.
Senior Advocate Harish Salve, representing Arnab, told the court that the letter alleges that Aranab has breached the House rules by disclosing its contents to the court.
"What is Article 32 for?, Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, heading a three-judge bench questioned.
The bench noted that the letter was violation of Fundamental Right of a citizen as it tries to "intimidate" the concerned person from approaching the court.
The Apex Court asked the author of the letter--Maharashtra Assembly secretary--why a contempt should not be issued to him and asked to respond within two weeks.
A privilege motion was moved by Maharashtra Assembly against Goswami for accusing the state government of not acting upon the actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death and using derogatory language against Chief Minister Uddav Thackeray and NCP chief Sharad Pawar.
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