https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=440737 Security clearance was treated as a condition for renewal of uplinking and downlinking permission because renewal remained subject to the same substantive terms as the original grant, including public order and national security requirements. The Court also held that procedural fairness was violated where renewal was refused on undisclosed reasons and sealed-cover material, because a fair hearing requires disclosure of the material relied on and an opportunity to meet it; less restrictive measures such as redaction or summary disclosure should be considered. The denial of renewal was further found not to be a constitutionally justified restriction on press freedom, as criticism of policy and an unsupported security linkage did not establish a valid Article 19(2) ground or rational nexus. en-us Wed, 05 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 13 May 2025 11:51:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=440737 Security clearance was treated as a condition for renewal of uplinking and downlinking permission because renewal remained subject to the same substantive terms as the original grant, including public order and national security requirements. The Court also held that procedural fairness was violated where renewal was refused on undisclosed reasons and sealed-cover material, because a fair hearing requires disclosure of the material relied on and an opportunity to meet it; less restrictive measures such as redaction or summary disclosure should be considered. The denial of renewal was further found not to be a constitutionally justified restriction on press freedom, as criticism of policy and an unsupported security linkage did not establish a valid Article 19(2) ground or rational nexus. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 05 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=440737