https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175777 Existing safeguards under the Press Council Act, the Indian Penal Code and the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act were treated as adequate to address obscene or indecent newspaper content, so a further writ mandamus to frame rules or appoint a committee was not warranted. The Court also balanced freedom of speech with protection of minors, holding that obscenity must be assessed by contemporary community standards, reading the publication as a whole, and from the standpoint of an ordinary reader. It found no basis for a blanket ban or court-made special guidelines beyond the existing law and press self-regulation. en-us Tue, 12 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 07 Dec 2015 18:02:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175777 Existing safeguards under the Press Council Act, the Indian Penal Code and the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act were treated as adequate to address obscene or indecent newspaper content, so a further writ mandamus to frame rules or appoint a committee was not warranted. The Court also balanced freedom of speech with protection of minors, holding that obscenity must be assessed by contemporary community standards, reading the publication as a whole, and from the standpoint of an ordinary reader. It found no basis for a blanket ban or court-made special guidelines beyond the existing law and press self-regulation. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 12 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175777