JUDGMENT :

P.B. Gajendragadkar, J.

1. The Tribune is a daily English paper published at Ambala Cantt. in accordance with the will of the late Sardar Dayal Singh Majitha. Respondents 1 to 5 are the trustees appointed under the said will and as such they look after the affairs of the trust including those of The Tribune. In 1948, the appellant Agnani was appointed by the respondents to work as a Sub-editor of The Tribune. Accordingly, the appellant was working in the editorial section of which the Editor of the paper was the administrative head. On January 2, 1960, the respondents considered a complaint received by them from some of the residents of the Tribune. Colony regarding the conduct of the appellant. This complaint had reference to an incident which took place in the said colony on November 16, 1959. The respondents resolved to hold an enquiry into the alleged misconduct of the appellant and accordingly suspended him with immediate effect. By the resolution passed on this occasion, the respondents appointed R.B. Dewan Badri Das, Kanwar Sir Dalip Singh and Mr Ram Chandra to conduct the enquiry. The resolution authorised two of these trustees to conduct the enquiry, if necessary