Supreme Court of India · 1961-09-25
SAKAL PAPERS (P) LTD., AND OTHERS vs THE UNION OF INDIA
- Citation / case number
- SC 1961/151
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- SAKAL PAPERS (P) LTD., AND OTHERS
- Respondent
- THE UNION OF INDIA
- Bench
- SINHA, BHUVNESHWAR P.(CJ),SARKAR, A.K.,GUPTA, K.C. DAS,AYYANGAR, N. RAJAGOPALA,MUDHOLKAR, J.R.
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court declared the Newspaper (Price and Page) Act, 1956 and the Daily Newspapers (Price and Page) Order, 1960 unconstitutional as they violated Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution, which guarantees freedom of speech and expression, including the freedom of the press. The Court held that the Act's restrictions on the volume of circulation interfered with this fundamental right and could not be justified under Article 19(2). The judgment emphasized that the State cannot restrict one guaranteed freedom to enhance another.