Falshaw, J.

1. Lala Jagat Narain has been called on. as Editor, Printer & Publisher of an Urdu daily newspaper published at Jullundur called "The Hind Samachar" to show cause why he should not be punished Under Section 3, Contempt of Courts Act, of 1926 with regard to a leading article which -appeared over his name in the issue of the paper dated 12-3-19.

2. The petnr. in the case is Sardar Kapur Singh, I. C. S. against whom an inquiry has been in progress for several months under the Public Servants Innquiries Act XXXVII (37) of 1850. It so happens that the person who has been appointed by the Govt. as the Comr. under the Act to hold this inquiry is my Lord the Chief Justice of this Ct. The passage in the article in Question which is complained against by Sardar Kapur Singh has been translated in the petn. as follows: "I have to ask one straight question from Doctor Bhargava, Can he point out any Dept. from which work can be taken without bribery? Is he not aware that, when he was opposition Leader, what speeches he used to make & what he used to say about the corruption in the Administration? Today this corruption has increased & not decreased. In the times of the English