‘Let Re 1 Be a National Movement’: Twitter After SC Fines Bhushan

Twitter went abuzz with many congratulating Bhushan & thanking him for standing his ground through the proceedings.

The Supreme Court on Monday, 31 August, imposed a token fine of Re 1 on advocate Prashant Bhushan, convicted in a contempt case for tweets against the judiciary.

The court said if he failed to deposit the amount by 15 September, the penalty will then be 3 months in jail. The senior advocate will also be barred from practicing law for three years, in case of failure to pay the fine.

• On 14 August, the top court held Bhushan guilty of criminal contempt for his derogatory tweets against the judiciary.
• On 25 August, a bench comprising Justices Arun Mishra, BR Gavai, and Krishna Murari had reserved the order on the sentence, after Bhushan declined to apologise for his tweets against the judiciary.

Prashant Bhushan ‘Gratefully Accepts’ Re 1 From Lawyer After SC Imposes Fine

After the punishment was announced on Monday, Bhushan tweeted, “My lawyer & senior colleague Rajiv Dhavan contributed 1 Re immediately after the contempt judgement today which I gratefully accepted.”

My lawyer & senior colleague Rajiv Dhavan contributed 1 Re immediately after the contempt judgement today which I gratefully accepted pic.twitter.com/vVXmzPe4ss

— Prashant Bhushan (@pbhushan1) August 31, 2020

Twitter went abuzz with many congratulating Bhushan and thanking him for standing his ground through the proceedings.

Let 'Re 1' be a national movement#satyamevjayate #PrashantBhushan

— Yogendra Yadav (@_YogendraYadav) August 31, 2020

Prashant Bhushan asked to pay one rupee fine. #PrashantBhushan pic.twitter.com/oqARmZdTkR

— Satish Acharya (@satishacharya) August 31, 2020

Game, set and match to brave ⁦@pbhushan1⁩ who is made of sterner stuff than the Supreme Court thought he was when they demanded he apologise. Apex court flummoxed and humbled by a virtue we rarely see nowadays: raw courage. #PrashantBhushan https://t.co/WpS2evAR8p

— Sagarika Ghose (@sagarikaghose) August 31, 2020

⁦@pbhushan1⁩ stood is ground. This is what a moral victory looks like

Supreme Court Fines Prashant Bhushan Re 1 in Contempt of Court Case https://t.co/8Z0QnVCaOz

— Faye DSouza (@fayedsouza) August 31, 2020

Remember, Re 1 sentence may look ridiculous and lenient. But the whole proceedings were an assault on fundamental rights. Bhushan's very many privileges helped him. Others won't be so lucky.

— Sruthisagar Yamunan (@sruthisagar) August 31, 2020

One Rupee. Congratulations @pbhushan1 for standing firm

— Nidhi Razdan (@Nidhi) August 31, 2020

The one rupee token fine is actually a huge public perception victory for @pbhushan1. The court seems to have wisely stepped back from making this into a worse conflagration https://t.co/IWBCbs1Zr8

— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) August 31, 2020

Some day, children will read about this One Rupee in their history books. pic.twitter.com/T8P8UdDlkU

— Uday Rana (@UdaySRana) August 31, 2020