FR Flashcards
1
Q
Org A-19(2)
A
- Defamation, Libel&slander
- Contempt of court
- Decency and Morality
- Undermining the security of the State
- Anything that tends to overthrow the state
2
Q
Mulgaonkar Case (1987) ?
A
Guildlines by SC for Contempt powers:
- Economic use of contempt powers
- Harmonization between free critisism and the need to protect judicial independence
- Press should be given free play within reasonable limits even though the focus of it’s critical attention is the court.
- Judges shouldn’t be hypersensitive
- THe path of justice is not littered with roses and justice should be allowed to sufferthe scrutiny and the respectful though outspoken comments of the common Man.