Freedom of press : some recent trends

The important topics discussed in this book are the history of Press Laws in India, concept of the freedom of the press, sovereignty and integrity of India, security of the state, friendly relations with foreign states, public order, decency or morality, contempt of court, defamation, incitement to an offence, pre-censorship, pre-trial publicity, privacy, delinking and diffusion of press ownership in India, official secrecy and access to Govern ment information and constitutional controversies uncovered by restrictive clause. The topics on the concept of the freedom of the press, the law relating to public order, pre censorship, pre-trial publicity and privacy have been discussed in detail. The judgment of the Supreme Court of India in Indian Express Newspapers and Others v. Union of India has been given in verbatim as it deals with an important aspect of the freedom of the press.

It is a book for lawyers, legislators, newspapers and all public-spirited persons who want to know and under stand an uptodate statement of law relating to freedom of the press in India and other countries.