Contempt Of Court

It is worrying the way the Supreme Court has held lawyer Prashant Bhushan guilty of Contempt of Court. Clearly, the judges are not happy with his two tweets. But how can two tweets possibly shake the very foundations of the judiciary? Unless those foundations are extremely shaky. Mr. Bhushan is a distinguished Supreme Court lawyer and he often champions public causes. I do not agree with him mostly but I do listen to the points he raises. After all a civil public discourse is what democracy is all about. Under Indian laws truth is no defense in contempt of court. I have often wondered why? My lawyer was a former judge so once I brought this up as to how Indian Contempt of Court rules are open to abuse To my surprise he replied "Judges have hardly punished anyone. You watch Bollywood films for 70 years and the court room scenes are all contempt." If the judges took this up seriously the actor Jitendra would be behind bars for a very long time