‘NO HARM IN APOLOGY’: SC RESERVES VERDICT

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court reserved its verdict on the sentence to be handed to Prashant Bhushan — after giving the activist-lawyer a fresh opportunity on Tuesday to apologise, withdraw his comments, or express regret — days after it held him guilty of contempt of court for tweets against the apex court and CJI SA Bobde.

The court was urged by Bhushan’s lawyer Rajeev Dhawan and attorney general KK Venugopal to not punish Bhushan. “The effect of a punishment is it will make Prashant Bhushan a martyr...,” Dhavan said.