<p>The Supreme Court on Tuesday clarified that it has not registered a suo motu criminal contempt case against journalist Rajdeep Sardesai for his tweets.</p>.<p>The clarification came after news reports talking about the suo moto criminal contempt proceeding against Sardesai by the Supreme Court on a petition by one Aastha Khurana started doing the rounds. </p>.<p>"It is made clear that no such proceeding has been initiated against Sardesai," an official said.</p>.<p>The case was shown as registered on the SC website inadvertently and appropriate action to rectify it was under process, he added in a note.</p>.<p>In September last year, Attorney General K K Venugopal had declined to give consent to initiate criminal contempt against Sardesai on a request by Khurana.</p>.<p>However, she filed a petition in the top court, which was shown on the Supreme Court website as having been registered on February 13.</p>.<p>The petitioner cited several tweets by Sardesai, published in August 2020, including the one where he had criticized the one-rupee penalty imposed on advocate Prashant Bhushan in a contempt of court case. </p>
<p>The Supreme Court on Tuesday clarified that it has not registered a suo motu criminal contempt case against journalist Rajdeep Sardesai for his tweets.</p>.<p>The clarification came after news reports talking about the suo moto criminal contempt proceeding against Sardesai by the Supreme Court on a petition by one Aastha Khurana started doing the rounds. </p>.<p>"It is made clear that no such proceeding has been initiated against Sardesai," an official said.</p>.<p>The case was shown as registered on the SC website inadvertently and appropriate action to rectify it was under process, he added in a note.</p>.<p>In September last year, Attorney General K K Venugopal had declined to give consent to initiate criminal contempt against Sardesai on a request by Khurana.</p>.<p>However, she filed a petition in the top court, which was shown on the Supreme Court website as having been registered on February 13.</p>.<p>The petitioner cited several tweets by Sardesai, published in August 2020, including the one where he had criticized the one-rupee penalty imposed on advocate Prashant Bhushan in a contempt of court case. </p>
