Rajasthan Court January 1966 Judgments

Sukh Raj Vs. Hemraj and ors.

Court: Rajasthan

Reported in: AIR1967Raj203; 1967CriLJ1057

Modi, J. 1. This is a contempt of court matter arising out of a petition filed by one Sukhraj bringing to the notice of the Court a printed pamphlet Ex. 1 purporting to have been addressed by respondent No. 1 Hemraj and his father respondent No. 2 Manchalal to Dr. Radhakrishnan, President of India, and certain copies thereof Exs. 2 and 3 addressed to Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri the late Prime Minister of India and Ex. 4 to Shri Gulzarilal Nanda then Home Minister, Government of India and Ex. 5 addressed to the Collector Jalore, containing certain objectionable passages calculated to undermine the prestige of this High Court and impair the confidence of the public in the administration of justice by it. The proprietor and the printer of the press whereat this pamphlet was printed were also impleaded as respondents Nos. 3 and 4 respectively. Thereafter notices were issued to the respondents to show cause why they should not be punished for contempt of court in publishing and printing the pa...