Supreme Court · 1995 INSC 435 · Decided 3 August 1995
Tata Press LTD. v. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam LTD. and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1995 INSC 435 · [1995] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 467
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6960/1994
- Decided
- 3 August 1995
- Bench
- KULDIP SINGH, B.L. HANSARIA, S.B. MAJMUDAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 19(1)(a)
Headnote
A v. MAHANAGAR TELEPHONE NIGAM LTD. AND ORS. AUGUST 3, 1995 [KULDIP SINGH, B.L. HANSARIA AND S.B. MAJMUDAR, JJ.} B Constitution of India, 1950: Article 19(1)(a). Freedom of Speech and Expression-Held 'Commercial Speech' is part. of freedom of speech and expression-Public at large has right to Rules, 1951: Rules 452, 453, 458 and 459. Telephone Directory-Right to publish-Directory consisting of two p01ts-White pages consisting of 'List of Telephone subscribers and 'Yellow Pages' consisting of advertisements-Separate Publication by TATA-Suit by Telephone Nigam restraining TATA from
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