JAGANNADHA RAO, C.J.

This Contempt Case has been filed on 10-3-1993 by the petitioner, who is a practising advocate, inviting the High Court's attention to certain remarks made by the respondent, Sri K. P. Viswanathan, Minister of Forests, Government of Kerala, on 6-3-1993 while inaugurating a seminar on 'Agastyavanam' biological park in Y.M.C.A. hall at Ernakulam. The function was organised by the Forest Department, Kerala Government. On the next day, i.e., 7-3-1993, the speech, as recorded by the news-reporters, was published in various newspapers. The 'Mathrubhumi', Malayalam Daily (Cochin Edition) in its report, Ext. P. 1, as explained in the Contempt Petition reported that 'the Minister and another person (said to be the Mayor of Cochin) were having grievance against High Court Judges, in that several decisions of the High Court Judges put the Forest Department to great trouble according to the strong language used by the Minister. In spite of deep thinking, he was not able to understand the motive behind these decisions and that what the Minister implied was that the decisions contravens justice'.

2. A Division Bench of this Court took up this matter on 12-3-1993