India, Oct. 28 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday recorded journalist Nikhil Wagle's unconditional apology over a social media post against Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and directed him to appear virtually at the next hearing in a criminal contempt case. Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut was directed to appear physically on November 17.

A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Vipul M Pancholi was hearing contempt proceedings initiated on a petition by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) against Wagle and Raut over their social media comments concerning the CJI.

Senior advocate Indira Jaising, appearing for Wagle, told the bench that he had deleted the post and tendered an unconditional apology to the court and the CJI.

"I tender my s...