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Right to Publish

Last updated on May 30, 2024

The press enjoys the right to publish information and opinion. It  includes the right to report news, and publish the views of the editor1, and  other authors published under the editors’ discretion.2

  1. Gopal Dass Sharma v. District Magistrate, (1973) 1 SCC 159 [↩]
  2. Pandit M. S. M. Sharma v. Sri Krishna Sinha, AIR 1959 SC 395 [↩]

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