This study is intended to present to the reader the main provisions of law affecting freedom of the press in India. It is specially concerned with examining how far freedom of the press obtains in free India. I t is proposed to discuss constitutional provisions and their application through various legislative measures with a view to seeing whether these provisions are sufficiently protective of this freedom. The intro ductory chapter attempts to indicate what is meant by freedom of the press. In the first chapter constitutional provisions are set out and discussed. The next five chapters deal, in the main, with statutory provisions relating to this freedom. The concluding chapter purports to make certain suggestions in relation to repeal or amendment of a few of these provisions. It may be mentioned that this study deals only with freedom of the press in normal times. The subject of civil liberties in India during a period of emergency has been dealt with in the present writer's doctoral thesis, Emergency Powers in the $tates of Southern Asia (London Uni versity, 1959) In the preparation of this study, I have benefited from the guidance and encouragement given by several persons and the assistance and facilities provided by various institutions. I wish to express my thanks to all of them.

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Cherpunkal, Kerala, India

Joseph Minattur

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Book Title: Freedom of the Press in India
Book Subtitle: Constitutional Provisions and Their Application
Authors: Joseph Minattur
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-9103-6
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science + Business Media B.V. 1961
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-011-8398-7Published: 01 January 1961
eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-9103-6Published: 06 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 136
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: IT Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property, Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law , Cities, Countries, Regions

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