Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 400 · Decided 19 May 2020
Arnab Ranjan Goswami v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 400 · [2020] 8 S.C.R. 222
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 130/2020
- Decided
- 19 May 2020
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, M.R. SHAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 153, 153A, 153B, 295A, 298, 500, 504, 506; CrPC Section 482, 199, 156(3); Constitution Article 19(1)(a), 19(2), 32
Headnote
Constitution of India: Arts. 19(1)(a), 19(2) and 32 - Writ Petition - Seeking quashing of various FIRs filed under the provisions of ss. 153, 153A, 153B, 295A, 298, 500, 504 and 506 IPC against a media journalist - Held: All the FIRs or complaints have jurisdictions arising out of same cause of action i.e. broadcast of a programme - Journalistic freedom is protected by Art. 19(1)(a) - The right of speech and expression of a journalist u/Art. 19(1)(a) is no higher than such right of a citizen - It is amenable to restriction
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