{"id":8282,"date":"2021-01-29T05:58:19","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T05:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lexforti.com\/legal-news\/?p=8282"},"modified":"2021-01-29T09:41:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T09:41:00","slug":"kunal-kamra-tweets-contempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lexforti.com\/legal-news\/kunal-kamra-tweets-contempt\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;There is a growing culture of intolerance in this country&#8221;, Kunal Kamra responds and refuses to apologize for Contempt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>We are witnessing an assault on the <a href=\"https:\/\/lexforti.com\/legal-news\/indias-freedom-will-rest-as-long-as-journalists-can-speak-to-power-without-being-chilled-by-a-threat-of-reprisal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Freedom of Speech and Expression<\/a>. Comedians like Munawar Farooqi are jailed for the jokes they never cracked. I hope this Court will upheld the Freedom of Speech and Expression as a cornerstone of the Constitution.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kunal Kamra submitted the response of the Contempt Petition, which was filed against him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his response, he stated that, he made a joke, which is not a reality and it should not be taken seriously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He submitted that his tweets were not published with the intention of dimnishing the faith of the people in the apex court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kunal Kamra alleged that, the Petitioner has no faith in the people of this country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kunal Kamra suggested that, Court should not take up this action on the basis of few jokes on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Public faith on Judiciary cannot be shaken up by any public opinion but with the action of the Judiciary itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are few of the Controversial tweets, that Kunal Kamra made in the past:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"520\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/lexforti.com\/legal-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/kAMRA-SC.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lexforti.com\/legal-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/kAMRA-SC.jpg 520w, https:\/\/lexforti.com\/legal-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/kAMRA-SC-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lexforti.com\/legal-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/kAMRA-SC-150x58.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">On 12th November, Attorney General KK Venugopal permitted to initate contempt proceedings againsth Kunal Kamra. Various law students and lawyers approached the Court against his tweets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kunal Kamra stated that,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-right td_quote_box td_box_right\"><p>Few people who didn&#8217;t find my tweets funny have approached this Court seeking to prosecute me for Criminal Contempt of Court.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Lastly, he submitted that, he could disagree with many Judgments, but he will respect any decision which is taken with respect to him.<\/p>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/lexforti.com\/legal-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/KUNAL-KAMRA-AFFIDAVIT.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\"  data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">KUNAL-KAMRA-AFFIDAVIT<br\/><\/a>\n<p class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are witnessing an assault on the Freedom of Speech and Expression. Comedians like Munawar Farooqi are jailed for the jokes they never cracked. I hope this Court will upheld the Freedom of Speech and Expression as a cornerstone of the Constitution. 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