Trace Your Case

ISSUE:

Whether the restriction on newsprint import under the 1955 Order was violative of Art. 19(1) (a) of the Constitution?

RULE:

The freedom of the press was an essential element of Article 19(1)(a) and the absence of an express mention of such freedoms as a special category was irrelevant. Free press was to be regarded as an essential element of freedom of expression in general.

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