The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday (15 September) sentenced Achimuthu Shankar aka Savukku Shankar, a noted blogger and Youtube personality, to six months simple imprisonment in a suo moto contempt proceeding for his remarks against the higher judiciary.
The orders were passed by a two-member bench comprising of Justice GR Swaminathan and Justice B Pugalenthi over a claim by Shankar during a Youtube interview with a Tamil channel that the entire higher judiciary is "riddled with corruption".
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