Supreme Court of India
Abp Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the recommendations of the Wage Boards are valid in law, based on genuine and acceptable considerations and there is no valid ground for E interference under Article 32 of the Constitution of India.
Judgment, page 66
From the headnote
CONSTITUTION OF IND/ , 1950: c Arls. 14, 19(1)(a) and 19(1)(g) - Constitutional validity of Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955 and Amendment Act of 1974 - Held: In Express Newspaper, the Constitution Bench has held the 1955 Act as 0 intra vires the Constitution - The Act being a beneficent legislation intended to regulate conditions of service of working journalists does not have the effect of taking away or abridging the freedom of speech and expression of petitioners newspapers and does not, therefore, infringe
Authorities it was built on
- 2003 John Vallamattom and Anr. v. Union of India
- 1997 Malpe V!shwanath Acharya and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra and Anr.
- 1983 Motor General Traders & Anr. Etc Etc. v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors. Etc. Etc.
- 2003 Indian Handicrafts Emporium and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.
- 2000 Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam Ltd. v. Girja Shankar Pant and Ors.
- 1986 Rattan Arya Etc. Etc. v. State of Tamil Nadu & Anr.
- 2000 State of Punjab v. V.K. Khanna and Ors.
- 1968 Perspective Publications (p) Ltd. & Anr. v. State of Maharashtra
- 2004 Express Publications (madurai) Ltd. and Anr. v. Union of India and Anr.
- 1973 State of Andhra Pradesh v. Narayana Velur Beedi Manufacturing Factory & Others
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