show
cause notice in the contempt proceedings tendered an unconditional and
unqualified apology and further deposed :
"In view of what I have stated above ... show cause notice
in the contempt proceedings also tendered an unqualified apology. He gave
an account of his duties during his service career and filed
that there
is no contempt in which case a defence of unqualified
apology is meaningless, because that would amount to the
admission of the commission ... recorded the following order:-
"The appellants have tendered an unqualified apology to
this court and to the High Court, and they are prepared
such nomenclature had officially no significance whatsoever. I, therefore, tender my unqualified apologies to your Lordships and pray that your Lordship be gracious enough ... Both the contemners 1 and 2 tendered unqualified apology in the counter filed on 13.6.2000. Contemner No. 1 stated in paragraphs
Court, we recorded the following order:
The appellants have tendered an unqualified apology to this Court find 'to the High Court', and they ... whether the two appellants have purged the contempt by tendering an unqualified apology in this Court as well as to the High Court, the genuineness
whether
the apology is tendered at the first given
opportunity, (2) the language of the
apology whether the same is conditional or
unqualified and unconditional ... senior advocate, Mr.Lakhani, who
has urged this Court that the unqualified
apology tendered by the contemnor advocate
should be accepted. Noticing that
authority of the High Court, and further requested to
accept the unqualified apology he was tendering.
3.5 It may be stated that in course ... guilty, when they expressed
unqualified apology before the Apex Court. The High
court did not find such apology unqualified and
sincere and did not purge
respect threw himself at the mercy of the Court and offer unqualified apology; he has put in about 23 years of practice as an Advocate ... will be expendient in the interest of justice to accept the unqualified apology and the notice of contempt be discharged otherwise not only
replies wherein at the outset they
tendered their unconditional and unqualified apology. In view
of the unconditional and unqualified apology, the
respondents having admitted their ... noticed that the
respondents apart from tendering unconditional and
unqualified apology had not dealt with or even made a
whisper regarding the Norms of Journalistic
weeks. For the delay in
making the payment, an unconditional and unqualified
apology has been tendered, which is accepted.
In view of the above, contempt ... verification. For the delay in making the payment,
an unconditional and unqualified apology has been
tendered, which is accepted.
In view of the above, contempt
apology' in case Court finds him guilty--Not sincere-Contem-
ner addicted to use of contemptous language against Judges
and tendering apology--Apology used ... mentioned in the report of the Sub-Judge
and also offered unqualified apology.
The High Court held that the appellant was guilty of
contempt
