Pay Rs 1 fine or go to jail: SC to Prashant Bhushan

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday imposed a token fine of one rupee against activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan as punishment in the contempt case against him.

Failure to comply would entail a three-month jail term and debarment from law practice for three years, it said.

Bhushan in his statement had refused to offer an apology to the Supreme Court for the tweets, saying what he had expressed represented his bona fide belief which he continued to hold.