‘A dark day for Indian democracy’: Top lawyer found guilty of contempt for tweets criticising Supreme Court

Judges have ‘let the republic down’, says leading historian. By Jon Sharman

Prashant Bhushan pictured in 2019. He now faces six months in prison (Getty Images)

India's Supreme Court has found a leading human rights lawyer guilty of contempt after he posted tweets criticising judicial conduct, in what critics called a “dark day” for the country.

Prashant Bhushan faces up to six months in prison after judges found him guilty of the colonial-era charge of “scandalising the court”.

They objected to two tweets Mr Bhushan posted earlier this year which have since been deleted by Twitter, and accused him of distorting facts.