https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312597 Prior restraint on a telecast is justified only on a demonstrable real and substantial danger of prejudice to pending proceedings; Article 19(1)(a) may yield to the right to a fair trial, but not on speculation. The Court noted no prima facie derogatory attack on the respondents' character and no prima facie discussion of the merits in the programme, which was described as a dramatic rendering of evidence already in the public domain. Because the ad interim injunction had been granted without first examining the transcript or viewing the proposed broadcast to assess actual prejudice, the restraint could not be sustained on the material before the Court and was set aside for fresh consideration. en-us Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 27 Feb 2024 10:44:19 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312597 Prior restraint on a telecast is justified only on a demonstrable real and substantial danger of prejudice to pending proceedings; Article 19(1)(a) may yield to the right to a fair trial, but not on speculation. The Court noted no prima facie derogatory attack on the respondents' character and no prima facie discussion of the merits in the programme, which was described as a dramatic rendering of evidence already in the public domain. Because the ad interim injunction had been granted without first examining the transcript or viewing the proposed broadcast to assess actual prejudice, the restraint could not be sustained on the material before the Court and was set aside for fresh consideration. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312597