Supreme Court of India

Sheela Barse v. State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [1988] 1 S.C.R. 210
Bench Ranganath Misra and Murari Mohon Dutt JJ.
Decided 18 September 1987

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c Permission to journalists to interview prisoners and tape-record 'r the interviews, guarantees under Articles 19(1)(a) and 21-Benefits thereof for all the citizens. Sheela Barse, a free lance journalist, sought permission to interview the female prisoners in the Maharashtra State ,Jails. The permission was granted by the Inspector-General of Prisons. As, how­ ever, the journalist started tape-recording her interviews with the pris­ oners, the permission to interview was withdrawn. Feeling ag"rieved by the cancellation of the permission, the journalist moved this Court in its writ

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