ORDER : On the 11th June 1965, Sri S.N. Sharma the then Judicial Officer (City) Kanpur, made a report to the Registrar of this Court, through the proper channel, that the three Annexures marked A, B and C sent along with that report he brought to the notice of this Court and that suitable action might he taken against Rajeshwar Prasad Saxena the opposite party under S. 3 of the Contempt of Court Act. In this report Sri S.N. Sharma stated that the matters contained in the enclosed Annexures appeared in "Kali Raten" - a Hindi Weekly - dated the 8th May 1965, and as they attributed improper motive to the Presiding Officer of the Court, and were calculated to scandalize the Court and to lower its prestige and dignity, and to bring the administration of justice into disrepute, the opposite party, who was responsible for their publication, be punished for committing contempt of Court. The passage to which objection was taken read thus :-

"On the 12th of August, due to special efforts of Sri Daya Shankar Mehrotra, who besides being an official receiver has attained a high status on account of his unparalleled resources, Sri S.N. Sharma issued bailable and non-bailable warrants against Sri

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