object was not merely the stopping of
advertisements offending against morality and decency.
Advertisement is no doubt a form of speech, but its true
character ... merely to put a curb on advertisements which offend against
decency or morality but the object truly, and properly
understood is to prevent self-medication
Express Newspapers (Private) Ltd. And ... vs The Union Of India (Uoi) And Ors. on 19
merely to put a curb on advertisements which offend against decency or morality but the object truly and properly understood is to prevent self-medication ... above-mentioned and not merely to stop advertisements offending against morality and decency.
15. Mr. Munshi's argument was that
hands of a firm at Porbandar, which had not even the decency to reply to the quarry of the Income-tax Officer and to have
Kedar Nath Singh vs State Of Bihar on 20 January, 1962
Equivalent citations: 1962 AIR
security of the State, friendly relations with
foreign States, public order, decency or
morality, or in relation to contempt of court,
defamation or incitement ... security of the State, friendly relations
with foreign State, public order, decency or morality or in
relation to contempt of court, defamation or incitement
Pandit M. S. M. Sharma vs Shri Sri Krishna Sinha And Others on 12 December
interest of the general
public, security of the State, public order, decency or
morality and for other reasons set out in those sub-clauses ... custodian of the interests of the general
public, public order, decency or morality and all other
public interests which may compendiously be described as
social
Pandit Ukha Kolhe vs The State Of Maharashtra on 11 February, 1963
Equivalent citations: 1963
security
of the State, friendly relations with foreign
States, public order, decency or morality, or
in relation to contempt of court, defamation
or incitement