https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168783 Section 292 of the Indian Penal Code was upheld as a reasonable restriction on free speech under Article 19(2) because obscenity falls within the constitutional interests of public decency and morality. The obscenity test was applied by assessing the work as a whole against Indian community standards, with art required to substantially preponderate where artistic and obscene elements are mixed; on that approach, the book was found obscene. The provision did not require proof of actual knowledge of obscenity as an express ingredient of the offence, so the statutory act of selling or keeping for sale an obscene object was sufficient where the surrounding circumstances established liability. en-us Wed, 19 Aug 1964 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 14:59:24 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168783 Section 292 of the Indian Penal Code was upheld as a reasonable restriction on free speech under Article 19(2) because obscenity falls within the constitutional interests of public decency and morality. The obscenity test was applied by assessing the work as a whole against Indian community standards, with art required to substantially preponderate where artistic and obscene elements are mixed; on that approach, the book was found obscene. The provision did not require proof of actual knowledge of obscenity as an express ingredient of the offence, so the statutory act of selling or keeping for sale an obscene object was sufficient where the surrounding circumstances established liability. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 19 Aug 1964 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168783