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PETITIONER: VIRENDRA
Vs.
RESPONDENT: THE STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER(and connected petition)
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 06/09/1957
BENCH: DAS, SUDHI RANJAN (CJ) BENCH: DAS, SUDHI RANJAN (CJ) AIYYAR, T.L. VENKATARAMA SINHA, BHUVNESHWAR P. KAPUR, J.L. SARKAR, A.K.
CITATION: 1957 AIR 896 1958 SCR 308
ACT: Press Control-Notification issued by State Government on daily newspaper-Prohibition against Publication of a Particular matter--Prohibition against entry into the State- Restrictions, if reasonable--If violative of fundamental right of freedom of speech and expression and right to carry 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(1)(g), 19(2), 19(6).
HEADNOTE: These two petitions challenged the constitutional validity of the Punjab Special Powers (Press) Act, 1956 (No. 38 of 1956) passed by the State Legislature in the wake of the serious communal tension that had arisen between the Hindus and the Akali Sikhs over the question of the partition of the State on a linguistic and communal basis. The petitioners were the editors, printers and publishers, respectively, of the two daily newspapers, Pratap and Vir Arjun, printed and published simultaneously from jullundur and New Delhi, whose admitted policy was to support the "Save Hindi agitation". Two no...