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2003 Supreme(MP) 828

DIPAK MISRA, A.K.SHRIVASTAVA
SHYAM NARAYAN CHOUKSEY – Appellant
Versus
UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
ANJALI BANERJI, R.S.PATEL, S.K.YADAV, SURENDER SINGH, V.K.TANKHA, Vijay Paney

DIPAK MISRA, J.

( 1 ) IN the days of yore it was vocally pronounced with immense emphasis that a drum beat may travel to a maximum limit of four miles but the utterances made by one man, through men, is capable of reaching people who are thousand miles away. The medium of man's expression has no limitation. In the modern world the media has irrefragably earned the status of inevitable and indispensable fourth pillar. Freedom of speech and expression has gained immense significance and its utility, by no stretch of imagination, can ever be marginalised and its importance be reduced but, an unavoidable and significant one, there are certain limitations which are imposed by law within the permissible, reasonable or rational, acceptable and non-arbitrary limits. Cinema as a medium of expression and as a mode of entertainment has reached an enviable status in the scientific world. The Indian cinema has a different conception from its inception inasmuch as myths, historical events, poignant novels, moving stories, autobiographical novels, biographical sketches along with melodious songs have dominated the silver screen. Some recall with fondness the historical beginning when Dada Saheb P




































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