NARASIMHAM, GOPALA KRISHNAN NAIR
Advocate-General, A. P. , Hyderabad – Appellant
Versus
V. Ramana Rao – Respondent
GOPALAKRISHNAN NAIR, J.
( 1 ) THIS contempt case was filed by the learned Advocate General for punishing the respondent for contempt of the High Court the subordinate judiciary and also the Election Tribunal constituted under the provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. The respondent is the Editor, Printer and Publisher of a weekly called "the Andhra Herald". In its issue dated 29-11-1964, he published certain articles which are alleged to constitute to contempt of Court. "the Andhra Herald" is a bilingual weekly. A good part of it is in English and the rest in Telugu. Portions of the articles published in both these languages are relied upon by the learned Advocate General to make out that the respondent is guilty of contempt of Court. On the first page, in the English Section of the weekly, under the caption "you will hardly believe" the following passages occur:"that in strict variance with the directions of the Supreme Court, Justice Sreenivasacharis one man election tribunal would prefer to drag the trial over the election petition against Chief Minister Brahmanand Reddi till after the next general election, continuously shifting the venue of trial between Gu
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