Media Law

Ans: The right to travel is a part of personal liberty under Article 21 of the constitution. The Satwant Singh Case is related to Right to travel abroad. 

Ans: The right to travel is a part of personal liberty under Article 21 of the constitution. The Satwant Singh Case is related to Right to travel abroad. 

Ans: Article 138 of Indian Constitution mentions Enlargement of the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court:  (1) The Supreme Court shall have such further jurisdiction and powers with respect to any of the matters in the Union List as Parliament may by law confer (2) The Supreme Court shall have such further jurisdiction, and powers with respect to any matter as the Government of India and the Government of any State may by special agreement confer, if Parliament by law provides for the exercise of such jurisdiction and powers by the Supreme Court. Article 138 mentions Judicial review of Supreme Court. 

Ans: It is true that the Press is free, yet it is subject to some justifiable constraints set by the Constitution of India, 1950, as amended ("Constitution"). This is because India practices parliamentary democracy. Before the effects of globalization , the government had complete control over the mass media, permitting it to broadcast just the information that the government wanted the public to see and in the manner in which it wanted the public to view it. However, once globalization and privatization set in, the situarion has become drastically changed.

Ans: It is true that the Press is free, yet it is subject to some justifiable constraints set by the Constitution of India, 1950, as amended ("Constitution"). This is because India practices parliamentary democracy. Before the effects of globalization , the government had complete control over the mass media, permitting it to broadcast just the information that the government wanted the public to see and in the manner in which it wanted the public to view it. However, once globalization and privatization set in, the situarion has become drastically changed.

Ans: There were restrictions on what the media may say about the government in societies that adopted communism and totalitarianism, such as the former USSR and China. Out of concern for revolutions, almost any speech that was considered to be against the State was silenced. On the other hand, nearly anything is permitted in nations with bourgeois democracies like the USA.