COCP NO. 2123 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. DATE OF DECISION: 5.9. 2011 Ram Pal ...Petitioner VERSUS Sh.Sameer Mathur, IAS, Home Secretary, Govt. of Haryana and another …Respondents CORAM HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI PRESENT: Mr.RS Hooda, Advocate for the petitioner Mr.Paramjit Batta, Addl.AG, Haryana Mr.Basant Dass son of Prem Singh present in person Permod Kohli, J. (Oral) Mr.Basant Dass is present in Court. He has filed an affidavit dated 5.9.2011. The affidavit is in English. On enquiry from the court, he has stated that he does not know English and this affidavit has been drafted by Sh. Suresh Chandra, Advocate from Delhi. Vide orders dated 22.7.2011, 29.7.2011 and 16.8.2011, the deponent was asked to disclose the name of the Publisher/Organization/Printing Press who has published the book written by the deponent, namely, “Sach Banam Jhooth”. From the perusal of the contents of the said book, it is found that the deponent has made unnecessary allegations against the judiciary with a view to denegrade the COCP NO. 2123 of 2010 2 majesty of law. The book clearly indicates that the contents of the same are contemptuous in nature. Reference can be made to pages no.9 to 37 of the said book. Apart from above, the deponent has consistently defied the orders of the court to disclose the names of the Publisher/Organization/Printing Press. Even in the affidavit filed today, the deponent has refused to do so. Deponent has further made allegations against the judiciary which is indicated in following paragraphs of the affidavit:- “7.That deponent is sorry to say that a lot of complaints are coming against certain Judges of courts relating to their integrity of our country these are not a words of deponent only but highest court of our country also urged in this regard to do the needful. 8.That deponent was/is demanding for the high level investigation/inquiry in regarding the facts mentioned in said book. We have already been explained in the book and now again explain that all judges and administrative officers are not corrupt, we are pointing out the way of working only judges and administrative officers those are mentioned in the said book.” Under these circumstances, the deponent by deliberate, willful and intentional act has, prima facie, committed contempt of this court. Since it is a criminal contempt, the matter needs to be heard by a Division Bench of this Court in terms of Section 18 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. The contemner has already furnished bail bond and surety before the Registrar Judicial of this Court. Let this matter be placed before Hon'ble the Chief COCP NO. 2123 of 2010 3 Justice for listing it before an appropriate Bench. Contemner Basant Dass shall appear before Hon'ble Division Bench on 26.9.2011. Other parties to the contempt petition are also directed to appear before the Division Bench on the said date. (PERMOD KOHLI) JUDGE 5.9.2011 MFK CWP No.10585 of 2010 4