Attorney General KK Venugopal once again on Friday gave consent to initiate contempt of court proceedings against comedian Kunal Kamra for his latest tweet on Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad Arvind Bobde, reported ANI.

“The depiction of the two fingers, with the legend that he means the middle one, is to deliberately insult the Chief Justice of India which would equally be an insult to the Supreme Court of India itself, which the Chief Justice heads. The said tweet is grossly vulgar and obnoxious, and I have no doubt that it would tend to lower the authority of the Supreme Court of India as well as undermine the confidence that the litigant public have in the institution of the Supreme Court of India itself,” read the letter by Venugopal.

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On November 18, the comedian tweeted, “One of these 2 fingers is for CJI Arvind Bobde… ok let me not confuse you it’s the middle one.”

Meanwhile on Thursday, a parliamentary committee questioned Twitter on Thursday over the recent “obscene” tweets by stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra targeting the Supreme Court and the chief justice of India (CJI), and sought reply from the social media giant over the matter within seven days, said the panel’s chairperson Meenakshi Lekhi.

“It is shameful that Twitter is allowing its platform for obscene remarks like the one by stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra against the Supreme Court and the CJI,” Lekhi told reporters here.

Earlier on November 12, Attorney General KK Venugopal, granting initiation for criminal contempt cases against Kamra, said, “It is time that people understand attacking the Supreme Court unjustifiably and brazenly will lead to punishment.”  

Kamra had refused to retract his tweets against the Supreme Court or apologise for them, saying he believes they “speak for themselves”.