Kunal Kamra can influence the minds of his followers and create a “chain reaction”, a law student who filed a contempt case against the comedian told the Supreme Court in his rejoinder affidavit, Bar and Bench reported on Saturday.
“One cannot deny that keyboard warriors like the alleged contemnor can influence the minds of his followers thereby creating a chain reaction,” said Shrirang Katneshwarkar, the 22-year-old law student from Aurangabad.
Kamra is facing contempt charges in connection with a series of tweets he put out criticising the Supreme Court for the manner in which it had fast-tracked Republic TV chief Arnab Goswami’s bail plea in an abetment to suicide case, even as thousands of undertrials languishing in jails across the country find it difficult to get a hearing.
In January, the comedian had refused to apologise for his tweets in response to the contempt petition. He had said that “jokes are not reality and do not claim to be so”.
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