The respondent who, at that time, was the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu filed a suit, C.S. No.
On January 14, 1973 the appellant published in Janashakthi of which he was the Editor the same news item about the institution of the suit along with a cartoon.
There were exclamation marks wherever the figure Rs.
ten lakhs occurred both in the news item and the cartoon.
The institution of the suit was given out as a news item on January 5, 1973 and January 6, 1973 in almost all newspapers at Madras.
17 of 1973.
Ten lakhs as damages for certain alleged defamatory publications made by the appellant in a Tamil journal Kumudham.
The suit was instituted on January 5, 1973.
2 of 1973 in the High Court of Madras in regard to the publication in the Janashakthi dated January 14, 1973.
The respondent filed Contempt Application No.
in the High Court of Madras claiming a sum of Rs.
Chinnappa Reddy, J. Shri Kalyanasundaram, Editor of Janashakthi a Tamil journal and Secretary of the Communist Party of Tamil Nadu, who was severely warned by the High Court of Madras for alleged indirect Civil companytempt is the appellant in this appeal under Section 19 1 b on the Contempt of Courts Act.
