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Court extends stay in contempt proceedings against newspapers

By Our Legal Correspondent

NEW DELHI, JULY 19. The Supreme Court today extended the stay in the contempt proceedings initiated by the Karnataka High Court against several newspapers pursuant to the publication of certain news reports pertaining to what is called the `Mysore episode'.

A three-Judge Bench, comprising the Chief Justice R.C. Lahoti, Justice A.R. Lakshmanan and Justice G.P. Mathur, also admitted a batch of special leave petitions challenging the orders of the High Court. The court has already appointed F.S. Nariman as amicus curiae in this case.

A batch of petitions was filed by journalists, senior editors and publishers challenging an order of the Karnataka High Court to initiate contempt of court proceedings against them for publishing reports on certain allegations against three judges of the High Court.

The Karnataka High Court had suo motu initiated contempt of court proceedings against 11 newspapers for allegedly tarnishing the image of the judiciary by publishing baseless articles against the judges and said it would frame charges against the newspapers and the journalists. The appeals were directed against this High Court order. The Supreme Court had on November 18, 2003 stayed the proceedings pending before the High Court. This stay has now been extended.

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