SC imposes Re 1 fine on Bhushan for contempt

The tempest over whether Prashant Bhushan should be punished for bringing the Supreme Court into contempt with his comments ended unspectacularly on Monday, with the court handing down the activist-advocate the easy option of paying Re 1 as fine to avoid the stringent default punishment of three-month imprisonment and being debarred from practising in the SC for three years.

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