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(a) Contempt of Court----- ---- Publication of contemptuous matter by newspaper---Publication of the apology might be considered as a mitigating circumstance yet it would not have the effect of absolving the publishers etc. of the offence of Contempt of Court of which they were being accused. (b) Contempt of Court--Publication of contemptuous matter by newspaper---Court was satisfied with the statement of publishers, printer and reporter that they were truly sorry and repentant for having published a totally false report concerning Judge of the Court and had done their best to mitigate their offence by publishing a detailed apology at a prominent place, in their newspaper---Supreme Court, in the circumstances, did not consider it appropriate to take any further action against the contemners apart from issuing them a severe warning. (c) Contempt of Court----- ---- Object of contempt proceedings. The main object of the contempt proceedings is to rehabilitate the dignity and honour of the Court and these are never intended to avenge personal insults. In fact initiation of such proceedings is a source of embarrassment to the Judges themselves but they perforce have to take recourse to them in order to save and protect the institution which creates balance in the society from attempts aimed at destroying its utility and efficacy. ORDER SHAD SAOOD JAN, J.---In its Lahore Edition of 27-8-1993 "The News", a daily newspaper, published an item, alleging that Mr. Justice Dr. Nasim Hasan Shah, Chief Justice of this Court, had commercialised a residential plot situate in Gulberg, Lahore, without paying the commercialisation charges or obtaining a licence from the Lahore Development Authority and on this account he owed an amount of Rs3.7 million to the said Authority. The item appeared prominently on the front page and a part of it was carried over to page 5. It was totally incorrect and without any foundation and was on the very day of its publication contradicted by the Authority. In its issue of 30-8-1993 the said newspaper published an apology in the following terms: The News International regrets the publication of a news regarding non-payment of commercialization…

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