ORDER

These suo motu contempt proceedings have been initiated against respondent – Narinder Singh Poonia as per the order given by the then Hon’ble Acting Chief Justice dated 09.07.2013.

2. For effective adjudication of the instant petitions, the facts leading to initiation of the proceedings are required to be dealt with in a nutshell. It is undisputed that the respondent was the Founder & Editor and Publisher of a journal titled as ‘Lost Justice’. He had published certain articles in the journal ‘Lost Justice’ in Volume 03 Issue No.03 of July to September, 2010, making allegations against certain sitting Judges of this Court, indicating and commenting about the manner in which certain cases were decided by them on the judicial side. Finding the publication to be amounting to contempt of court, after due approval of the Acting Chief Justice on 09.07.2023, suo-motu proceedings have been initiated against the respondent under Section 2(c)(i) and (ii) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971.

3. The comments which have been published in the said journal clearly scandalize the image of the judiciary and High Court Judges in the State of Madhya Pradesh.

4. On notice being issued, a detailed