DC-0062Doctrines · Media · Wanted
Prior Restraint
Scope
Restraining publication before it happens: the presumption against it, pre-censorship of films, and injunctions in defamation.
Authorities to start from
- Brij Bhushan v. State of Delhi, AIR 1950 SC 129
- K.A. Abbas v. Union of India, (1970) 2 SCC 780
- R. Rajagopal v. State of T.N., (1994) 6 SCC 632
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