Reporting on court proceedings

 While many are prepared to accept what is said in court, even if it is false, they are likely to feel more aggrieved when such proceedings are published in the newspaper. 

PROCEEDINGS in court mean different things to different people. On occasion, a person may be offended by the fact of what is said in court. However, almost everybody knows that generally, one cannot take action against a person involved whether he is the judge or an officer of the court such as a lawyer or prosecutor or, for that matter, a witness.