No freedom can be absolute or completely unrestricted. While it is necessary to maintain and preserve freedom of speech and expression in a democracy, so also it is...
The roots of the doctrine against double jeopardy are to be found in the well-established maxim of the English Common law, Nemo debet bis vexari, meaning that a...
Within certain limits, picketing or demonstration may be regarded as the manifestation of one’s freedom of speech and expression. “Peaceful picketing is free speech. Non violent acts are...
In R. Rajagopal v. State of Tamil Nadu the Supreme Court has laid down certain propositions defining the right to privacy. The Court held that any publication concerning...
The Constitution of India does not grant in relief and express any terms ‘right to privacy’ as such. Right to privacy is not enumerated as a Fundamental Right...
As per the Supreme Court, a bandh interferes with the exercise of the Fundamental freedoms of other citizens, in addition to causing national loss in many ways. The...
In India, freedom of press is implied from the freedom of speech and expression guaranteed by Article 19(1) (a). The freedom of press is regarded as a ‘species...
In People’s Union of Civil Liberties v. Union of India the Supreme Court has ruled that the “telephone conversation is an important facet of a man’s private life.”...
In Hamdard Dawakhana v. Union of India the Supreme Court stated that an advertisement, no doubt, is a form of speech, but its true character is to be...