Supreme Court · 1957 INSC 62 · Decided 6 September 1957
Virendra v. The State of Punjab and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1957 INSC 62 · [1958] 1 S.C.R. 308
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 95/1957
- Decided
- 6 September 1957
- Bench
- SUDHI RANJAN DAS, T.L. VENKATARAMA AIYYAR, BHUVNESHWAR PRASAD SINHA, J.L. KAPUR, A.K. SARKAR (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 19(1)(a), 19, 19(2), 19(6), 19(1)
Headnote
6. 308 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [1958] VIRENDRA v. THE STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER (and connected petition) (S.R. DAS, C.J., VENKATARAMA AYYAR, B. P. SINHA, . J. L. KAPUR and A. K. SARKAR, JJ.) Press Control-Notification issued by State Government on daily newspaper-Prohibition against publication on trade or business-The Punjab Special Powers (Press) Act, 1956 (No. 38 of 1956), ss. 2, _3-The Constitution of India, Arts. 19(1)(a), 19(!)(g), 19(2), 19(6). These two petitions challenged the constitutional validity of the Punjab Special Powers (Press) Act, 1956 (No 38, of 1956) passed by the
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