The Kerala High Court today issued notices to 14 media persons, the State Director General of Police Jacob Punnoose and ADGP Vinson M Paul in connection with a contempt of court petition filed by the CPI-M Kozhikode District Secretary T P Ramakrishnan.The petition was filed in connection with the media coverage of the investigation into the murder of Revolutionary Marxist Party leader T P Chandrasekharan, who was hacked to death in Kozhikode early last month. Several CPI-M local party leaders were taken into custody in connection with the murder.The petitioner alleged the media is publishing concocted stories about CPI-M and its leaders, based on information leaked out by the police officials. Citing an earlier High Court order which prohibited the publication of sub judice matters, the petitioner pointed out that the stories appearing in the media about the murder amounted to contempt of court.The Division Bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Mrs Manjula Chelur exempted the respondents from appearing in the court and issued notices to them.