Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 833 · Decided 13 September 2023
People’s Union for Civil Liberties and ANR. v. The State of Maharashtra and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 833 · [2023] 12 S.C.R. 370
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1255/1999
- Decided
- 13 September 2023
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA, MANOJ MISRA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Directions issued
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
HEADNOTES Issue for consideration: Matter pertains to the modalities to be followed by the police in conducting media briefi ngs during criminal investigation. Media - Media briefi ngs/reporting by Propriety and procedure: Held: Media reporting in criminal matters involves degree of public interest associated with the fundamental right u/Art. 19(1)(a) - Guidelines for conducting media briefi ngs were prepared by the Union Ministry of Home Aff airs over a decade ago - Since then
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