Coming down heavily on animal activist and former Union Minister Maneka Gandhi, the Supreme Court on Tuesday flagged her “body language” and remarks on the court’s observations in the stray dogs case during a podcast saying she has committed contempt of court. However, a bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and N V Anjaria said it is not initiating contempt of court proceedings against Gandhi because of the court’s magnanimity.
The bench said the former minister has made “all kinds of comments” against everyone without even thinking. The bench also said it was serious and not sarcastic when it spoke of making dog feeders responsible for stray dog attacks.During the hearing, the Bench questioned senior advocate Raju Ramachandran, who appeared for Gandhi, on whether he had reviewed his client’s statements