( 1 ) THE petitioner in this case has come to the Court, seeking a writ of mandamus or any other suitable writ, direction or order for permitting the petitioner inspection of statements and documents in possession of the respondent relating to the investigation and final report under S. 173, Criminal P. C. , in respect of Crime No. RC8/77-CIA (I), and to grant the petitioner copies or to make copies of the documents mentioned below : -

" (A) Statements of one Mr. J. S. Gill dt. 21-11-1977 and any further statements thereafter. (b) Statements of one Mr. Nissim Gaon of Noga, Switzerland. (c) Correspondence between the State Trading Corporation of India and the said Mr. Nissim Gaon and /or his Company called Compagnie Noga d importation et d exportation. (d) Documents in the shape of draft statements and telex messages procured during the course of the said investigation. "

( 2 ) THE petitioner, a Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India, states that he is the plaintiff in a libel action instituted by him in the Queen s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice in England. The action is numbered as 1983-J No. 6467 against one Swaraj Paul of London, and that the cause of action ar

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