Appeal by special leave from the judgment and Order dated March 13, 1969 of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Miscella neous Criminal Case No.
236 of 1969.
Ram Punjwani and P. C. Bhartari, for the appellant.
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The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1961 hereinafter referred to as the Act empowered the State Governments by s. 4 to make order declaring any newspaper or book as defined in the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 or any other document wherever printed, to be forfeited to the Government if it appeared to the Government that the said book etc.
questioned the territorial integrity or frontiers of India in a manner which was or was likely to be prejudicial to the interests of the safety or security of India.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by Mitter J., This appeal by special from a judgment and order of the High Court of Madhya, Pradesh dismissing the writ petition of the appellant challenging the, order of the State Government under s. 5 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act Act XXIII of 1961 forfeiting the companyies of a book published by the appellant under S. 4 1 of the Act, can be disposed of on the short ground that the order did number disclose the grounds of the opinion formed by the State Government.
268 of 1967.
P. Kapur and I. N. Shroff, for the respondent.
The appellant filed his writ petition on August 29, 1967 before High Court challenging the order of the 1st July 1967 inter alia on the ground That the grounds for the opinion of the State Government which had to be given in terms of s. 4 of the Act were number existent in the order.
