https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168367 Commercial speech is protected by Article 19(1)(a) because constitutional protection extends beyond political or social expression, and business advertisements may convey useful market information. That protection remains subject to lawful restrictions under Article 19(2), including speech that is untruthful or misleading. A paid Yellow Pages publication is not, in substance, a list of telephone subscribers and therefore does not fall within the prohibition on publishing subscriber lists under the Telegraph Rules, though an actual subscriber list remains barred without permission. The statutory scheme distinguishes between directory entries and advertisements, and the rules permit advertisements separately from subscriber listings. en-us Thu, 03 Aug 1995 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 24 Feb 2015 10:46:47 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168367 Commercial speech is protected by Article 19(1)(a) because constitutional protection extends beyond political or social expression, and business advertisements may convey useful market information. That protection remains subject to lawful restrictions under Article 19(2), including speech that is untruthful or misleading. A paid Yellow Pages publication is not, in substance, a list of telephone subscribers and therefore does not fall within the prohibition on publishing subscriber lists under the Telegraph Rules, though an actual subscriber list remains barred without permission. The statutory scheme distinguishes between directory entries and advertisements, and the rules permit advertisements separately from subscriber listings. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 03 Aug 1995 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168367