Article 19 (1) (A)

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1. Right to know about the affairs of the Government is absolute. - Dinesh Trivedi v. UOI, (1997) 4
SCC 306
48% of respondents (11 of 23) answered this question correctly.
True 12
False 11 
2. Voters have no right to know the assets and/or liabilities of the contesting candidates in
elections.
True 4
False 20 
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3. Facts: the allegation was that 1528 persons had been killed in fake encounters by police
personnel and personnel in uniform of the armed forces of the Union, the State of Manipur; And
not even a single FIR was registered.
Issue: Do the next of kin of victims of police/armed-forces in action/atrocities/custodial

violence/death/illegal detention or fake encounters have a right to know the truth as to who are
the perpetrators of crime and what steps have to be taken? - Extra Judicial Execution Victim
Families Association v. Union Of India, (2016) 14 SCC 536
Yes 21 
No 1
Maybe 2
4. Government cannot withhold information pertaining to, (you can choose more than 1 option)
International relations 5
Investigation, detection and p… 8
Information received in confid… 3
Information, which if disclosed… 8
Information about scientific di… 7
Information which is subject t… 6
Information of an economic n… 6
National security (including de… 7
All of the above 2
None of the above 6 
5. Right to information extends to seeking a preliminary report made by Committee of Judges

regarding the conduct of High Court Judges to the Chief Justice of India. - Indira Jaising v.
Registrar General, Supreme Court of India, (2003) 5 SCC 494
True 14
False 10 
6. Live coverage of terrorist attacks (News agencies competing to provide latest information). On
the one hand, terrorist were completely hidden from security forces and on the other, the exact
position of the security forces, their weapons and all other operational movements were being
watched by collaborators (across the world) and being communicated to the terrorist. The same
making the task even more difficult, dangerous and risky for the security forces. - Mohd. Ajmal
Mohd. Amir Kasab alias ABU Mujah v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 2012 SC 3565
Should be protected 13
Should not be protected 11 
7. A Film (The Bandit Queen) - the story of Phoolan Devi - was given an 'A' certificate.
> Courts findings:
"It is the serious and sad story of a worm turning: a village born female becoming a dreaded
dacoit. An innocent who turns into a vicious criminal because lust and brutality have affected
her psyche so. The film levels an accusing finger at members of society who had tormented
Phoolan Devi and driven her to become a dreaded dacoit filled with the desire to revenge."
Nude scenes: "The scene where she is humiliated, stripped naked, paraded, made to draw
water from the well, within the circle of a hundred men. is intended by those who strip her to
demean her. The effect of so doing upon her could hardly have been better conveyed than by
explicitly showing the scene. the object of doing so was not to titillate the cinema-goer's lust
but to arouse in him sympathy for the victim and disgust for the perpetrators. The revulsion
that the Tribunal referred to was not at Phoolan Devi's nudity but at the sadism and
heartlessness of those who had stripped her naked to rob her of every shared of dignity,
Nakedness does not always arouse the baser incident..... 'Bandit Queen' tells a powerful human
story and to that story the scene of Phoolan Devi's enforced naked parade is central. It helps to
explain why Phoolan Devi became what she die : her rage and vendetta against the society
what had heaped indignities upon her."
Rape scenes: "The rape scene also helps to explain why Phoolan Devi become what she did.
Rape is crude and its crudity is what the rapist's bouncing bare posterior is meant to illustrate.
Rape and sex are not being glorified in the film. Quite the contrary. It shows what a terrible,
and terrifying, effect rape and lust can have upon the victim. It focuses of on the trauma and
emotional turmoil of the victim to evoke sympathy for her and disgust for the rapist."
"A film that illustrates the consequences of a social evil necessarily must show that social evil.
The guidelines must be interpreted in that light. No film that extols the social evil or encourages
it is permissible, but a film that carries the message that the social evil is evil cannot be made
impermissible on the ground that it depicts the social evil. At the same time, the depiction must
be just sufficient for the purpose of the film. The drawing of the line is best left to the
sensibilities of the expert Tribunal. the Tribunal is multi-member body. It si comprised of
persons who gauge public reactions to film and, except in case of stark breach of guidelines,
should be permitted to go about its task."
> Respondent: "the film depicted the character of "a former queen of ravings" also known as
Phoolan Devi, the depiction was "abhorrent and unconscionable and a slur on the womanhood
of India". The petitioner and his community had been depicted in a most depraved way
specially in the scene of rape by Babu Gujjar, which scene was "suggestive of the moral
depravity of the Gujjar community as rapists and the use of the name Babu Gujjar for the
principal villain lowered the reputation of the Gujjar community and the petitioner. It lowered
the respect of the petitioner in the eyes of society and his friends. The scene of rape was
obscene and horrendous and cast a slur on the face of the Gujjar community. The film went
beyond the limits of decency and lowered the prestige and position of the woman in general
and the community of Mahallas in particular."
Do you agree with the court's approach or the respondent's approach?
- Bobby Art International v. Om Pal Singh Hoon, (1996) 4 SCC 1
Court's approach 10
Respondent's approach 2
Other 10
8. Pre-censorship of films should fall within the ambit of Article 19(2).
Contention: "there are other forms of speech and expression besides the films and none of
them are subject to any prior restraint in the form of pre-censorship and claims equality of
treatment with such other forms."
- K.A. Abbas v. Union of India, AIR 1971 SC 481
Valid classification 14
Invalid classification 9
9. Right to choose medium of instruction at primary school level falls within the ambit of Article
19(1)(a). - S.O. Karnataka v. Associated Management of Primary & Secondary Schools, (2013)
11 SCC 72
True 19
False 4
10. Facts: By way of the 2005 amendment in the Bombay Police Act, performance of dance in a
eating house, permit room or beer bar, was prohibited.
Issue: Dance in the form of entertainment for commercial purposes can be regarded as a part
of the right of expression?
Object: (for banning of dance in prohibited establishments) to prevent the exploitation of

women who continued to be engagement in such establishments
Case: Indian Hotel Restaurant Association v. S.O. Maharashtra, 2006 3 Bom R 754
True 18
False 4
11. Providing entertainment falls beyond the ambit of Article 19(1)(a). - A. Suresh v. S.O. T.N.,
(1997) 1 SCC 319
True 9 
False 11
12. Freedom of Speech covers the following, - Shreya Singhal v. UOI, (2015) 5 SCC 1
a. discussion 0
b. advocacy 1
c. incitement 0
a & b only 9
b & c only 0
c & a only 2
All of the above 10
13. The content of the right under Article 19(1)(a) changes, depending upon the means of
communication. - Shreya Singhal v. UOI, (2015) 5 SCC 1
True 14
False 7 
14. Impositions of restrictions on the internet must be carried out _________ - Anuradha Bhasin
v. UOI, (2020) 3 SCC 637
Arbitrarily 5
Proximately 4
Proportionately 13 
15. Media trials help in upholding the tenets of Rule of Law. - S.O. Maharashtra v. Rajendra
Gandhi
True 15
False 9 
16. A citizen's right to expression of his/her/it's self-identified gender, doesn't fall within the ambit
of Article 19(1)(a). - NALSA v. UOI, (2014) 5 SCC 438
True 7
False 17 

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Issue: Do the next of kin of victims of police/armed-forces in action/atrocities/custodial

Investigation, detection and p… 8

Information received in confid… 3

Information, which if disclosed… 8

Information about scientific di… 7

Information which is subject t… 6

National security (including de… 7

All of the above 2

None of the above 6 

5. Right to information extends to seeking a preliminary report made by Committee of Judges

Should not be protected 11 

> Courts findings:

Do you agree with the court's approach or the respondent's approach?

- Bobby Art International v. Om Pal Singh Hoon, (1996) 4 SCC 1

8. Pre-censorship of films should fall within the ambit of Article 19(2).

- K.A. Abbas v. Union of India, AIR 1971 SC 481

Object: (for banning of dance in prohibited establishments) to prevent the exploitation of

All of the above 10

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