Comedian Kunal Kamra Denies Apology to Supreme Court Against his Tweet

The comedian further stated that if the court believes he has crossed a line and wants to close down his Internet indefinitely, then just like his Kashmiri friends he too will write Happy Independence Day postcards every August 15.

Kamra was issued a notice of contempt for allegedly defaming the judiciary and judges through his social media post on December 18, 2020, after Attorney General KK Venugopal gave his consent for initiation of the contempt proceedings.

Kamra has filed his affidavit in response to the notification saying that even judges know no protection from jokes and that the public trust in the judiciary is founded on the institution's own actions and not on any criticism or commentary about it.

"We are experiencing an infringement on the freedom of speech and expression, with comedians like Munawar Faruqui being imprisoned for jokes which they have not even made, while school students being questioned for treason."

The affidavit is filled with satire. "To believe any institution of power in a democracy is beyond criticism is like saying migrants need to find their way back home during an ill-planned, nationwide lockdown, the suggestion that my tweets could shake the foundation of the world's most powerful court is an over-estimation of my abilities," it said.

"These jokes are not facts and do not claim to be so. Most people do not respond to jokes that don't make them laugh; they ignore them as our political leaders ignore their critics. That is where the life of a joke must end, I do not think that any high authority, even judges, will find themselves unable to fulfil their responsibilities only on account of being the subjects of satire or comedy."

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