recently enacted a statute regulating obscenity on the internet i.e. Communication Decency Act, 1996 (CDA) which prohibits, knowingly sending or displaying of "patently ... Does the publication...transgress the generally accepted bounds of decency?
...where "[c]ontemporary standards are those currently accepted by the Australian community.... And community
Lalit Kumar Modi vs Union Of India & Ors on 27 August, 2014
Author: Badar
security of the State, friendly relations with foreign States, public order, decency or morality, or in relation to contempt of court, defamation or incitement ... respondents are said to be in the interest of public order, morality, decency and inducement for committing an offence. We proceed to examine each ground
restrictions in Article 19(2) in the interests of 'decency and morality' arise in this case. Question arises as to what ... then was) in L.I.C. VS. Manubhai D. Shah .
IS Decency and Morality" different from Obscenity ?:
(15) As we shall show presently
however, whether the ban on
smoking could come within the domain "decency or
morality" as defined in the exception under Article ... Rules
are also protected in the interest of public order, morality,
decency and incitement for committing an offence.
25. An important aspect which
Community Standard Test ....................................................15
III. Freedom of Speech vs. Public Decency and Morality ......... 20
IV. Linguistic Morality, Obscenity and Vulgarity .....................27
V. Morality and Legality ... common prudent man without being embarrassed or
finding it against decency or against the concept of decency. After
watching few episodes of the series
Community Standard Test ....................................................15
III. Freedom of Speech vs. Public Decency and Morality ......... 20
IV. Linguistic Morality, Obscenity and Vulgarity .....................27
V. Morality and Legality ... common prudent man without being embarrassed or
finding it against decency or against the concept of decency. After
watching few episodes of the series
Community Standard Test .................................................... 15
III. Freedom of Speech vs. Public Decency and Morality ......... 20
IV. Linguistic Morality, Obscenity and Vulgarity ..................... 27
V. Morality and Legality ... common prudent man without being embarrassed or
finding it against decency or against the concept of decency. After
watching few episodes of the series
others. We are, however, of the opinion that in the interest of decency ( Article 19(2) an exception must be carved out to this rule ... security of the State, friendly relations with foreign States, public order decency or morality, or in relation to contempt of court, defamation or incitement
State;
(iii) friendly relations with foreign States;
(iv) public order, decency or morality or in relation to contempt of Court, defamation or incitement to offence ... security of the State, friendly relations with foreign States or public order, decency or morality or in relation to contempt of Courts, defamation or incitement
