ORDER :— This is a petition under Art. 32 of the Constitution by the Chief Reporter of the Hindustan Times. Smt. Prabha Dutt, asking for a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ or direction directing the respondents, particularly the Delhi Administration and the Superintendent of Jail, Tihar to allow her to interview two convicts Billa and Ranga who are under a sentence of death. We may mention that the aforesaid two prisoners have been sentenced to death for an offence under Section 302 I. P. C. and the petitions filed by them to the President of India for commutation of the sentence are reported to have been rejected by the President recently.

2. Before considering the merits of the application. we would like to observe that the constitutional right to freedom of speech and expression conferred by Article 19 (1) (a) of the Constitution, which includes the freedom or the Press, is not an absolute right, not indeed does it confer any right on the Press to have an unrestricted access to means of information. The Press is entitled to exercise its freedom of speech and expression by publishing a matter which does not invade the rights of other citizens and which does not viola