Shimla, June 28 -- Former Lok Sabha MP Rajan Sushant and his son Dhairya Sushant will face criminal contempt as the Himachal Pradesh high court on Friday rejected an "unqualified and unconditional" apology offered by them. The high court had taken a suo motu notice after a video was uploaded on Facebook, levelling allegations against the judicial system. The court reviewed the Hindi and English transcriptions of the video.

"We are sorry to say we cannot subscribe to the 'slap, say sorry and forget' school of thought in the administration of contempt jurisprudence. Saying sorry does not make the slapper poorer, nor does the cheek which has taken the slap smart less upon the said hypocritical word," said the division bench comprising Justi...