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[1] Article 19 (1) (a) of the Constitution of India reads that all citizens shall have the right to freedom of speech and expression.

[2] M. Nagaraj v. Union of India, (2006) 8 SCC 212

[3] Article 19, Universal Declaration of Human Rights

[4] Secretary, Ministry of I & B v. Cricket Association of Bengal, AIR 1995 SC 1236 at 1293

[5] Union of India v. Motion Pictures Association, AIR 1999 SC 2334

[6] Madhavi Goradia Divan, Facets of Media Law 5 (Eastern Book Company, Lucknow, 2010).

[7] S. Rangarajan v. P. Jagjivan Ram (1989) 2 SCC 574.

[8] AIR 1950 SC 124

[9] The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads: “The Congress shall make no law... abridging the        freedom of speech or of the press”.

[10] (1988) 3 SCC 410

[11] (2002) 5 SCC 294

[12] 1962 AIR 955

[13] 1989 SCR (2) 204

[14] 1978 AIR 597

[15] AIR 1948 Nag, 199