New Delhi: Senior advocate Prashant Bhushan has demanded the right of appeal against conviction in the contempt case. For this, he has moved the apex court and filed a writ petition. At the same time, Prashant Bhushan has also requested to remove the possibility of a decision unilaterally, indignantly and without considering the sentiments of others.

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Prashant Bhushan has filed a writ petition in the apex court. It states that the right to appeal against conviction in the original criminal contempt case should be heard through a large and separate bench. The petition has been filed through his lawyer Kamini Jaiswal. The petition states that the right to appeal is a fundamental right under the constitution and is also guaranteed under global law. This will serve as an important safeguard against wrong punishment and will in fact enable the provision of truth as a defense.

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In the petition filed, it has been requested that in the case of criminal contempt, the court should give the right to appeal to the guilty person, including the petitioner, in a large and separate bench. Along with this, in the petition, Prashant Bhushan has suggested a procedural change in the criminal contempt case.

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