An editor of the popular Marathi morning paper Navakal here has been sentenced to seven daysø imprisonment in Mumbai for contempt of court. She has been asked to surrender to the police by July 16. The Bombay High Court had initiated suo motu contempt action against the newspaper after it ran a series of editorials against Justice B.N. Srikrishna using strong language in 1998, reports IANS." /> An editor of the popular Marathi morning paper Navakal here has been sentenced to seven daysø imprisonment in Mumbai for contempt of court. She ha" />

Held for contempt

IN Media Watch Briefs | 01/01/1900
An editor of the popular Marathi morning paper Navakal here has been sentenced to seven daysø imprisonment in Mumbai for contempt of court. She ha

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