Responsible Governments Should Respect Freedom Of Press At All Times, Says SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

10 Jan 2020 4:38 PM IST

  • Responsible Governments Should Respect Freedom Of Press At All Times, Says SC [Read Judgment]

    "There is no justification for allowing a sword of Damocles to hang over the press indefinitely."

    Responsible Governments are required to respect the freedom of the press at all times, remarked the bench though it refused to entertain the 'argument of 'Chilling effect' by Anuradha Bhasin, Executive Editor of the newspaper "Kashmir Times".The bench headed by Justice NV Ramana observed that Journalists are to be accommodated in reporting and there is no justification for allowing a...

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