MANOJ S O GIRDHARLAL SARDA Vs. MANOHAR ANDHARE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HEARD Mr. Gharote, learned Counsel for the petitioner, Mr. V. R. Manohar, Senior Counsel for the respondents and Mrs. Khade, A. P. P. for the State.

(2.) THIS petition was filed with a prayer that the respondent Nos. 1 to 4 be proceeded for Criminal Contempt of this Court as defined under section 2 (c) (1) read with section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, and so also under Article 215 of the Constitution, and the contemners be punished according to law. It was in reference to an article written by respondent No. 1 in the evening daily "khabar", which was published on 8-9-1993, in which the author made certain scandalous remarks against the sitting Judge of this Court. This was an off-shoot of a requisition made by the some members of the High Court Bar Association to convene emergent Special General Body Meeting of the Association to discuss and consider the following motion :

(3.) THE author of the letter on the basis of the said proposed motion, wrote an article in a form of open letter addressed to the sitting Judge of this Court.