DAV MUN

DELEGATION: NARENDRA
MODI

PARTY : BJP
 FREEDOM OF SPEECH
AND EXPRESSION
 BASIC EXPLANATION
 STANCE OF BJP
 CASES AND JURIDICTIONS
 AMENDMENTS
 MEDIA AND PUBLIC OPINION

INTRODUCTION:
 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(1948) article 19 states that “ Everyone has the
right to freedom of opinion and expression; the
right includes freedom to hold opinions without
interference and to seek and receive and impart
information and ideas through any media and
regardless of frontiers ”
 Article 19(1) (a) which is one of the Articles
found in Part III of the Constitution, which
enumerates the Fundamental Rights.
 The right to freedom of speech and expression
is subject to limitations imposed under Article
19(2). Public order as a ground of imposing
restrictions was added by the Constitution (First
Amendment) Act, 1951.
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