Court On Its Own Motion vs Surjeet Singh on 1 July, 2024
In the case of Sanjay Narayan, Editor in Chief Hindustan Times
and others versus High Court of Allahabad (supra), the newspaper report had
been published which sought to tarnish the image of the Chief Justice of the
High Court based on conjectures and not on facts and figures. The unconditional
apology was accepted by holding that the Courts should be magnanimous. It
was also directed that the apology be published on the first page of the
newspaper. The relevant extract is reproduced hereunder:-