The contempt case stems from a 2020 PIL filed by NGO Samaj Parivartana Samudaya (SPS) before the Karnataka High Court, seeking an inquiry into alleged encroachment of over 200 acres of government land, including 110 acres of gomala (pasture) land in Kethaganahalli, near Bidadi.
'I have always believed the Supreme Court to be the last bastion of hope, particularly for their rights, often against a powerful executive,' he said.
In May 2017, Mallya was found guilty of violating the top court order by siphoning away $40 million from his account.
During the hearing, senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan quoted Mahatma Gandhi and contended that he will not apologise for the two tweets and cheerfully accept the punishment that will be given to him.
The plea cited that in February, a society identified as Mumbai Collective organised a conference in which Bhaskar was a panelist and while addressing the conference, she made a statement derogatory and scandalous in nature, putting a big question on the judiciary and its integrity to the Constitution.
The contempt case involves statements that Prashant Bhushan made during an interview to Tehelka magazine in 2009, in which he said half the 16 Chief Justices of India were corrupt.
A contempt plea was filed by BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi against Rahul Gandhi for wrongly attributing his Rafale remarks to the apex court.
The Supreme Court on December 14 last year gave a clean chit to the Centre on the procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets from France.
The Congress president requested the top court to close the criminal contempt proceedings against him as he has tendered an 'unconditional apology' for his remarks.
Rahul Gandhi, while welcoming the SC decision to review the Rafale deal on 10 April, claimed a moral victory and said that the court has made it clear that PM Modi 'committed theft'.
