New Delhi : The Attorney General rejected plea seeking permission to conduct contempt proceedings in Criminal Court against Minister R Bindu. The plea came filed from BJP’s former state spokesperson Sandeep Warrier.
In rejecting Warrier’s plea, the Attorney General R Venkita Ramani observed that remarks made by the minister do fall contempt purview.
The court had cancelled appointment of Dr.MS Rajashree as Vice Chancellor of Technical University. In his plea with the Attorney General, Warrier alleged that Minister Bindu’s remarks post that ruling was derogatory in nature and amounted to contempt of the Supreme Court.
However, the Attorney General ruled that minister's remarks could not attract charges. To make the point the AG quoted the 1971 Contempt of Court Law to show how the remarks could not be sustained under Sec 15(1)b
