https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=457149 Contempt of court arises where newspaper criticism of a judicial decision exceeds fair comment by attributing improper motives to judges, creating a risk of undermining public confidence in the administration of justice. Legitimate criticism remains permissible, but imputations that judges acted on extraneous considerations may seriously damage judicial dignity and the justice system. An unconditional apology, sincere regret, and an undertaking to give the regret wide publicity may support discontinuance of contempt proceedings. The rule issued against the editor, printer and publisher was discharged without costs after their apology was accepted. en-us Fri, 12 Dec 1952 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 07 Sep 2024 12:24:27 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=457149 Contempt of court arises where newspaper criticism of a judicial decision exceeds fair comment by attributing improper motives to judges, creating a risk of undermining public confidence in the administration of justice. Legitimate criticism remains permissible, but imputations that judges acted on extraneous considerations may seriously damage judicial dignity and the justice system. An unconditional apology, sincere regret, and an undertaking to give the regret wide publicity may support discontinuance of contempt proceedings. The rule issued against the editor, printer and publisher was discharged without costs after their apology was accepted. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 12 Dec 1952 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=457149