( 1 ) THESE two criminal original applications (Criminal Original Nos. 39 and 40 of 1968) by Brig. E. T. Sen (Retd.) under section 3 of the Contempt of Courts Act read with Article 215 of the Constitution, raising as they do common questions, are being disposed of by one order.

( 2 ) BRIG. E. T. Sen is a retired Brigadier of the Indian Army, having retired in May, 1967 and is at present the Reser and Publisher and Shri Vidya Rattan, respondent No. 3, is the Correspondent of the "patriot", which is a local English Daily Newspaper published from New Delhi. According to the Petitioner, respondents Nos. 1 to 3 are siding with D. P. Sinha and doing their best to poison the public opinion against the petitioner. He has referred to the contents of the iues of the "patriot" dated 13. 7. 1968, 14. 7. 1968, 19. 5. 1968, 8. 6. 1968, 2. 7. 1968, 21. 7. 1968, 4. 8. 1968 and 13. 8. 1968 in support of the submission and it is averred that from the circumstances narrated in the application, as also from the manner of reporting, it is apparent that there is a persistent one-sided press campaign by the "patriot" against the cause of the petitioner with a view to poisoning the mind