STATE OF U P Vs. NARENDRA PAL SINGH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This is yet another instance where a callous news item printed in one of the local weekly newspapers has resulted in publicly undermining the prestige of a court of law.

(2.) Narendra Pal Singh Chauhan is proprietor, Editor and publisher of local weekly newspaper 'Hamraj Express' published from Saharanpur. Sooraj Prakash is printer and proprietor of M/s. Kiran Printers, Berry Bagh, Saharanpur.

(3.) In the issue of Hamraj Express dated 3-8-85, scandalous allegations about the then Second Additional District and Sessions Judge, Saharanpur, appeared. The news item, translated into English, would read like this :