Supreme Court of India
Bennett Coleman & Co. & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
For the foregoing reasons the newsprint policy for 1972-73 violates Articles 19 (1) (a) and 14 of the Constitution.
Judgment, page 36
From the headnote
The Import Control Order 1955 passed by the Central Government under ss. 3 and 4A of the Imports and Exports Control Act 1947 laid restrictions on the import of newsprint. As an essential commodity newsprint was also subject to control under s.3 of the Essential Commodities Act 1955. The Newsprint Control Order 1962 was passed under s. 3 of the Essential Commodities Act. Sub-clause 3 of clause 3 of the 1962 Order states that no consumer of newsprint shall in any licensing period consume or use newsprint in excess of quantity authorised by the Controller from time to time.
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