Attorney General K.K. Venugopal has granted consent to initiate proceedings against journalist Ajeet Bharti for criminal contempt of the Supreme Court of India.The consent under Section 15 of the Contempt of Courts Act was granted on a letter sent by counsel Pratik Kumar.A free translation of Ajeet Bharti’s statements disclose the low levels that he was prepared to sink to by attacking the judges of the Supreme Court by stating:
“The Hindus have this time shown the Supreme Court and all High Courts that the half trash knowledge regarding Hindu festivals will be put in the prime spot of the judges like the stick of a rocket.”