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The Supreme Court on Friday convicted advocate Prashant Bhushan of “criminal contempt”, terming two of his tweets on the judiciary “malicious”, “scurrilous” and scandalous and accusing him of an offence that needed dealing with “an iron hand”. The bench of Justices Arun Mishra, B.R. Gavai and Krishna Murari will pronounce the sentence on August 20 after hearing Bhushan. The maximum punishment for criminal contempt is jail for six months or a fine or both. The minimum fine is R...

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