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Media Law 30 Important Case Laws | Complete Lecture | Press Freedom & Obscenity | Law Easy

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Media Law: 30 important Indian case laws in one complete lecture (1 hour 52 minutes) by Law Easy. Every judgment is explained with its facts, the Court's decision and the legal principle that examiners ask about. Topics: press freedom under Article 19(1)(a), reasonable restrictions under Article 19(2), obscenity, film certification, defamation, fair trial and media reporting, online speech, internet shutdowns, advertising, privacy and broadcasting. Made for LL.B. students and for CLAT PG, UGC NET Law and judiciary exam preparation. Prefer one short lesson at a time? Each case is also uploaded as its own video. CHAPTERS 0:00 Express Newspapers v Union of India (1958) 3:50 Sakal Papers v Union of India (1961) 7:28 Bennett Coleman v Union of India (1972) 10:59 Ranjit D. Udeshi v State of Maharashtra (1964) 14:30 K. A. Abbas v Union of India (1970) 18:05 Samaresh Bose v Amal Mitra (1985) 21:43 Bobby Art International v Om Pal Singh Hoon (1996) 25:34 Director General, Doordarshan v Anand Patwardhan (2006) 29:18 Ajay Goswami v Union of India (2006) 32:57 S. Khushboo v Kanniammal (2010) 36:37 Aveek Sarkar v State of West Bengal (2014) 40:11 Apurva Arora v Government of NCT of Delhi (2024) 44:02 R. Rajagopal v State of Tamil Nadu (1994) 48:00 Subramanian Swamy v Union of India (2016) 51:47 Crop Care Federation v Rajasthan Patrika (2009) 55:42 National Stock Exchange v Moneylife Media (2015) 59:34 Bloomberg Television v Zee Entertainment (2024) 1:03:19 Sahara India Real Estate v SEBI (2012) 1:06:57 Shreya Singhal v Union of India (2015) 1:10:38 Anuradha Bhasin v Union of India (2020) 1:14:21 S. Rangarajan v P. Jagjivan Ram (1989) 1:18:09 Prakash Jha Productions v Union of India (2011) 1:21:49 Phantom Films v CBFC (2016) 1:25:31 Viacom 18 Media v Union of India (2018) 1:29:10 Indibly Creative v Government of West Bengal (2019) 1:32:58 Tata Press v Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (1995) 1:36:39 Hamdard Dawakhana v Union of India (1959) 1:40:23 LIC v Manubhai D. Shah (1992) 1:44:20 Justice K. S. Puttaswamy v Union of India (2017) 1:48:09 Secretary, Ministry of I&B v Cricket Association of Bengal (1995) WATCH CASE BY CASE: all 30 case videos in order, each 3-4 minutes, in the Law Easy Media Law playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLY-t71WbMh6k More notes: https://www.thelaweasy.com #MediaLaw #LawEasy #FreedomOfPress

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Media Law: 30 Important Case Laws

This case tests whether a law protecting journalists can also limit press freedom. Can a newspaper refuse to follow a law that protects its own journalists? If paying proper wages becomes expensive, does that alone make the labour law unconstitutional?

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