Kuala Lampur, June 2 -- On the same day (May 30) the Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) announced that it would pursue contempt of court proceedings against senior lawyer Shafee Abdullah, the Supreme Court of India (SCI) heard contempt proceedings against YouTuber Ajay Shukla for airing scandalous allegations against a senior Supreme Court judge. The SCI had taken suo moto cognisance of the issue the day before.

Suo moto is Latin for "on its own motion". So, it was the SCI who initiated the contempt proceedings, not the Attorney-General of India.

Shukla is the editor-in-chief of a digital channel. In a recent video, he allegedly made remarks about a Supreme Court judge.

The SCI considered the remarks "scandalous allegations widely publi...