JUDGMENT

Shadi Lal, C J - This is an application under Section 16, Press Ordinance, 2 of 1930, by Mr. P.D. Sharma, the keeper of the Hindustan Times Press and the publisher of the Hindustan Times newspaper, Delhi. The applicant asks the High Court to set aside an order made by the Chief Commissioner of Delhi on 13th August 1930, declaring the security of Rs. 2,000 deposited by him as a keeper of the press, and another security of a like amount furnished by him as the publisher of the newspaper to be forfeited to His Majesty.

2. The ordinance was made by the Governor-General in the exercise of the emergency power conferred upon him by Section 72, Government of India Act, and was published in the Gazette of India on Sunday, 27th April 1930. It appears that Mr. Krishan Das Kohli had, prior to the commencement of the ordinance, made a declaration as the keeper of the Hindustan Times Press under Section 4, Press and Registration of Books Act 25 of 1867, and also a declaration as the publisher of the Hindustan Times newspaper under Section 5 of the said Act. The newspaper was not published on Monday the 28th April, as Sunday is observed as a holiday by the staff of the press and the newspa