Supreme Court of India

Ajay Goswami v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [2006] SUPP. 10 S.C.R. 770

Bench Dr. Ar. Lakshmanan and Tarun Chatterjee JJ.

Decided 12 December 2006

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing legal propositions the pictures in dispute had F been published by the respondents with the intent to inform readers of the current entertainment news from around the world and India.

Judgment, page 35

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950: Articles 19(J)(a) and 21. Newspapers-Freedom of speech and expression-Scope, ambit and limitation of-Sexually explicit ma.terial-Exposure of minors to- writ petition was filed seeking protection to ensure that minors were not exposed to sexually exploitative materials; whether or not the same is obscene or is within the law-:'.Prayer made for issue of guidelines to all the newspapers regarding the matter which may not be suitable for the reading of minors or which may require parents' or teachers' discretion-Direction to appoint a committee to suggest ways and

Authorities it was built on

1960 The Vanguard Fire and General Insurance Co. Ltd., Madras v. M/s. Fraser and Ross and Another. cited by 23
1964 Ranjit D. Udeshi v. State of Maharashtra cited by 6

Where later benches applied it

2014 Aveek Sarkar & Anr. v. State of West Bengal & Ors. relied on
2024 Apoorva Arora & Anr. Etc. v. State (govt. of Nct of Delhi) & Anr. referred to
2019 Indian Hotel and Restaurant Association (ahar) & Anr. v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. referred to
2015 Devi Das Ramachandra Tuljapurkar v. State of Maharashtra& Ors. referred to

Of those, 1 relied on · 3 referred to

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