Attorney General KK Venugopal

Attorney General KK Venugopal on Tuesday strongly objected to the judgement passed by the Bombay High Court, which held 'skin-to-skin' contact is necessary to constitute sexual assault under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

The Supreme Court today issued notice on a petition challenging the constitutional validity of Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, stating that such laws posed a serious threat to the functioning of administration, as well as individuals.

The AG stated that the guidelines will be placed on record and requested that the matter be adjourned for two weeks.

A three-Judge Bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and MR Shah had heard the plea filed seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against comic artist Rachita Taneja for her tweets against the Apex Court of India.

The Supreme Court on Friday will issue an order in the pleas filed seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against the comic cartoonist for her tweets against the Apex Court.

On a fresh tweet by stand up Comedian Kunal Kamra allegedly passing derogatory comments at Chief Justice SA Bobde, the Attorney General KK Venugopal has given his consent to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against kamra.

New Delhi (ILNS): Attorney General KK Venugopal today gave his nod to initiate criminal contempt of court proceedings against stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra for his tweets against the Supreme Court of India.

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Today Attorney General KK Venugopal has gone into self quarantine, not because he is Covid positive, but because he has taken this precautionary move when he found that one of his colleague advocates is Covid positive.