Professor of Law, University of Delhi, Delhi.
Article 19 runs as follows :
(1) All citizens shall have the right—
(a) to freedom of speech and expression;
(2) Nothing in sub-clause (a) of clause (1) “shall affect the operation of any
existing law, or prevent the State from making any law, in so far as such
law imposes reasonable restrictions on the exercise of the right conferred by
the said sub-clause in the interests of the sovereignty and integrity of India,
the security of the State, friendly relations with foreign States, public order,
decency or morality, or in relation to contempt of court.