JUDGMENT

Vineet Saran, J.

1. These two writ petitions have been filed with regard to an incident which is alleged to be occurred in the premises of the High Court on 07.02.2017.

2. The first writ petition is filed by the High Court Bar Association, Odisha, on behalf of the lawyers of Orissa High Court praying that a Judicial Commission be constituted to enquire into the alleged incident which had occurred on 07.02.2017 and also for issue of a direction to the Press as well as Electronic Media not to publish or telecast colourable, exaggerated, unverified and unnecessary news on the issue involved in the matter, as it will not only worsen the situation, but completely tarnish and damage the reputation of the institution.

3. The second writ petition has been filed by a practicing advocate of Orissa High Court with similar prayers. For the present, the prayer which is pressed by the petitioners is for an interim direction to the Print and Electronic Media not to publish any news with regard to the alleged incident, as the same is tarnishing the image of the High Court as an institution, and lawyers in general.

4. We shall treat the writ petition No. 2711 of 2017 as the leading petition. In