( 1 ) THIS a Rule in contempt. Sri A. K. Sarkar, Editor, Anandabazar Patrika and Sri Suresh Chandra Bhattacharya, Printer and Publisher, Anandabazar Partrika are the petitioners who obtained this Rule to commit to prison these four persons, (1) Radha Kanta Pandey, (2) Monoranjan Bhowmick, (3) Ratan Maheswari and (4) S. C. Chowdhuri. The first three opposite parties are representing the Soulmari Ashram and Sri S. N. Choudhuri, the fourth opposite party is their Solicitor on record.

( 2 ) THE main and the only ground for contempt is stated to be a letter written by the Solicitor opposite party S. N. Chaudhuri to the petitioner dated 16th August, 1965 in which the Solicitor under instructions from the first three opposite parties and members of the Soulmari Ashram, complained of an item of news made, printed and published by the said Paper which was alleged to be defamatory. The letter of the Solicitor in the penultimate paragraph stated. "if you fail or neglect to furnish the information asked for and comply with the requisition contained in the preceding paragraph and also to publish your unqualified apology in bold types in a prominent place of the Anandbazar Patrika