Supreme Court · 1978 INSC 9 · Decided 18 January 1978
In Re : Shri Sham Lal v. .
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1978 INSC 9 · [1978] 2 S.C.R. 581
- Case number
- SPECIAL REFERENCE CASE No. 1/1978
- Decided
- 18 January 1978
- Bench
- M. HAMEEDULLAH BEG, N.L. UNTWALIA, P.S. KAILASAM (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Proceedings closed/dropped
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 129, 359, 21
Headnote
Co11ten1pt of Court-News iten1 published in a newspaper criticizing judg· •11zent of Suprefne Co11rt-Conten1pt proceedings-If coufd be initiated. B Per Majority (Untwalia and Kailasan1, JJ.)_ HELD : The notice issued to the Editor of the Times of India calling upon ·him to show not be initiated against him in respect ·of the -statements made criticizing the judgment of this Court jn A. p. M. Jabalpur v. S. Shukla (A.l.R. 1976 SC 1207) should be dropped. It is not .a fit case where formal proceedings for contempt should be drawn up. C [582 A-B] Beg. C. J.
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