‘Can’t Have Damocles Sword Hanging On Someone’s Head For 5 Years, Must Put Quietus To It’: Delhi High Court On Contempt Case Against S Gurumurthy

Nupur Thapliyal

6 July 2023 1:56 PM IST

  • ‘Can’t Have Damocles Sword Hanging On Someone’s Head For 5 Years, Must Put Quietus To It’: Delhi High Court On Contempt Case Against S Gurumurthy

    The Delhi High Court on Thursday said that there should be a quietus to the criminal contempt case filed against editor of Tamil political weekly “Thuglak” and RSS Ideologue S Gurumurthy for his tweet against Justice S Muralidhar in 2018 and that it cannot have Damocles’ sword hanging on someone’s head for five years. “Our view is that the gentleman has appeared before the court,...

    Nupur Thapliyal

    Nupur Thapliyal

    Nupur Thapliyal is a Principal Correspondent with LiveLaw, based in New Delhi. She reports from the Delhi High Court and trial courts in the national capital

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