( 1. ) THIS is an application by Mohammad Naseer Khan for contempt against the 12 respondents, who are, respectively, the Municipal - Corporation, Bhopal, and its officers and servants and two Sub-Inspectors of Police. It is said that the respondents and each of them were guilty of contempt of Court, in that:

(i) There was. on the part of each a deliberate disobedience of a stay order of this Court dated 28-8-1972 issued against the Municipal Corporation, Bhopal, directing it to refrain forthwith from demolishing the superstructure of his house which was in excess of the sanction and, therefore, was an unauthorised construction, by carrying the work of demolition despite the stay order;

(ii) All of them, in general showed disrespect to this Court by refusing to look into the order, and the municipal officers, in particular, made derogatory remarks showing their contempt for its authority. It is said that the respondent No. 4, Ayub Raza, Assistant Engineer, uttered the words-456mplj1976.jpg Words of similar nature, it is said, were uttered by other municipal officers and servants; and

(iii) The two Sub-Inspectors of police placed the applicants son mohammad Siddique under a