New Delhi, May 30 -- The Supreme Court on Friday ordered Chandigarh based journalist Ajay Shukla and his YouTube channel The Principle run by Varprad Media India Private Limited to immediately take down a video that made "scandalous allegations" against a senior judge of the apex judiciary.
The court also initiated suo motu criminal contempt proceedings against Shukla.
A bench led by Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai, and comprising Justices Augustine George Masih and Atul S. Chandurkar, passed an interim order restraining further circulation of the contentious video and directed that the matter be registered as a contempt case.
"Mr. Shukla in the said video clip has made scandalous observations about one of the senior judges of this co...