‘The Kashmir Information’ director Vivek Agnihotri on Tuesday tendered an unconditional apology earlier than the Delhi Excessive Courtroom for tweets accusing Justice S Muralidhar of being biased as he granted bail to activist Gautam Navlakha.
The apology got here because the Excessive Courtroom had initiated contempt of courtroom proceedings in opposition to Agnihotri. In an affidavit submitted earlier than the Excessive Courtroom, Agnihotri filed an unconditional apology in reference to the tweets. Nevertheless, the Excessive Courtroom has requested the filmmaker to stay current personally in courtroom for the listening to.
The Excessive Courtroom has requested Agnihotri to stay current in courtroom on the following date of listening to in March 2023.
Navlakha is likely one of the accused within the Bhima Koregaon case in 2018, which pertains to a caste violence in a village close to Pune.
Final month, the Supreme Courtroom allowed the home arrest of Gautam Navlakha with sure situations. The Supreme Courtroom additional added in its order that Navlakha will deposit an quantity of Rs 2,40,000 as bills to be borne by making out there police personnel to position him underneath home arrest.
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