HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Writ Miscellaneous Application No. 326/2025 Kailash Chand Sharma S/o Kanahiya Lal Sharma ----Petitioner Versus The State Of Rajasthan ----Respondent For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Harendar Neel Mr. Jaivardhan Singh Shekhawat Mr. Prakash Lamba Mr. O.P. Solanki For Respondent(s) : Mr. Deepak Chauhan assisted by Mr. Pratush Choudhary with Mr. Laxmi Prasad Pant, Chief Editor, through VC Mr. Sanjeev Sharma, Reporter Mr. A.K. Sharma, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Rachit Sharma, Mr. Madhav Dadich Mr. Mirza Faisal Baig, Adv. with Mr. Govind Gupta Mr. Tanveer Ahamad, Adv. with Mr. Anurag Mathur, Adv. Mr. Vigyan Shah, AAG with Mr. Yash Joshi & Mr. Sankalp Vijay Mr. R. N. Mathur, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Prateek Mathur, Adv. Mr. Utkarsh Dubey, Adv. & Mr. Akshay Singh Rathore Mr. Akshay Bhardwaj, counsel for E.D. with Mr. Ajay Singh & Mr. Ashutosh Ranga, Adv. Mr. Deendayal Sharma, Adv. Mr. Varuni Agarwal for Mr. S. S. Hora Mr. Shreyansh Jain & Mr. Devesh Bajoria for Mr. Amit Lubhaya Mr. Tribhuvan Narayan Singh with Mr. Tushar Sharma HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAMEER JAIN Order Proceedings held in Camera 22/07/2025 1. In pursuance to the show cause notices which were issued by the Court vide order dated 18.07.2025, Shri Deepak Chauhan, Adv. has marked presence in the Court on behalf of Mr. Laxmi (2 of 3) [WMAP-326/2025] Prasad Pant, Chief Editor Dainik Bahskar and Mr. Sanjeev Sharma, Reporter, who are stated to be authorized by the appropriate authority, Dainik Bhaskar Group. 2. Learned counsel under instructions of the reporter namely Mr. Sanjeev Sharma, Dainik Bhaskar (Rajasthan) and the Chief Editor Mr. Laxmi Prasad Panth (appeared via VC, due to ill-health, for which a plea seeking exemption from personal presence is also made) has submitted that unconditional apology is furnished before the Court. It is submitted that the proceedings pertaining to the SI Recruitment, 2021 were held in-camera, however the newspaper reporters have received the information from Youtube and have got feedback from certain advocates. It is further submitted that the persons against whom the show cause notices were issued were not aware about the nature of the proceedings which are carried out in the camera trial and an inadvertent mistake is commissioned, for which apology in writing is submitted before the Court. 3. At this juncture, members of Bar at large have submitted that the said mistake has also occurred by few young lawyers who might have inadvertently leaked the submissions which were held during the camera trial, in the public domain for which appropriate caution will always be taken with due discipline, ethics, moreover, the conduct of the Court proceedings will be maintained. It is urged by the Bar at large and the arguing counsel of the present matter that a sympathetic approach be taken by the Court. 4. Considering the aforementioned plea and the apology tendered by the reporter and Chief Editor, the proceedings which were to be impended are dropped. (3 of 3) [WMAP-326/2025] 5. The written apology submitted by Mr. Laxmi Prasad Pant, Chief Editor and Mr. Sanjeev Sharma, Reporter, is taken on record. 6. Accordingly, Writ Misc. Application is disposed of. However, it is made cautiously clear that if in future, any breach is caused of the above-said orders or any act in contravention with the judicial principles, in any proceedings of the case, a stringent measure will be taken by this Court. (SAMEER JAIN),J Pooja/299-302