Index of cases for Section 153A and 153B of the Indian Penal Code

# No.	Cause Title	Court	Year	Media Involved	File Code
1	Ramesh s/o Chotalal Dalal v. Union of India (UOI) and Ors.	SC	1988	Television	PESC001
2	Manzar Sayeed Khan and Anr. v. State of Maharashtra and Anr.	SC	2007	Non-Fiction Book	PESC002
3	Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust and Ors. v. R. Ramanathan and Ors.	SC	2016	Non-Fiction Book	PESC003
4	Smt. Farzana Bi v. Board of Film Censors and Ors.	HC (Allahabad)	1983	Film	PEHC001
5	Ashok Singhal v. State of U.P. and Anr.	HC (Allahabad)	2005	Article in a Weekly Periodical	PEHC002
6	Nancy Jamshed Adajania and etc. v. State of Maharashtra and etc.	HC (Bombay)	1993	Newspaper	PEHC003
7	Joseph Bain D’Souza and Another v. State of Maharashtra and others	HC (Bombay)	1994	Newspaper	PEHC004
8	Chandanmal Chopra and Anr. v. State of West Bengal	HC (Calcutta)	1985	Religious Book	PEHC005
9	Chandmal Chopra v. State of West Bengal and Ors.	HC (Calcutta)	1987	Religious Book	PEHC006
10	Babu Rao Patel v. The State	HC (Delhi)	1973	Monthly Periodical	PEHC007
11	State (Delhi Administration) v. Shri Kanth Shastri	HC (Delhi)	1986	Monthly Periodical	PEHC008
12	Dr. Ashish Nandy v. State of Gujarat and Anr.	HC (Delhi)	2010	Newspaper	PEHC009
13	Sagolsem Indramani Singh and Ors. v. State of Manipur	HC (Gauhati)	1954	Pamphlets	PEHC010
14	Subal Kumar Dey v. The State of Tripura	HC (Gauhati)	2007	Daily Periodical	PEHC011
15	Manishi Jani S/o Thakorlal Jethalal Jani and Anr. v. State of Gujarat thro Chief Secretary and Ors	HC (Gujarat)	2009	Non-Fiction Book	PEHC012
16	Acharya Rajneesh v. Naval Thakur and Ors.	HC (HP)	1989	Non-Fiction Book	PEHC013
17	Abdul Ali v State of Kerala	HC (Kerala)	2014	(Non) Fiction Book	PEHC014
18	Abdul Rashid and Ors. v State of MP	HC (MP)	2014	Pamphlets	PEHC015
19	R.R. Gopal Alias Rajagopal and others v. Inspector of Police, Cb Cid, Madras	HC (Mad)	1991	Newspaper	PEHC016
20	Abdul Kabur v. Union of India and Ors	HC (Mad)	2015	Multiple	PEHC017
21	Express Publications (Madurai) Ltd. and two Ors. v. State of Orissa and Anr.	HC (Ori)	2006	Non-Fiction Book	PEHC018
22	Sudhir Kumar Panda v. State of Orissa	HC (Ori)	2013	Article in a Newspaper	PEHC019
23	Bharati Press, Sm. Shaila Bala Devi v. The Chief Secretary to the Government of Bihar	HC (Patna)	1950	Pamplets	PEHC020
24	State of Bihar v. Shankar Lal Khirwal and Anr.	HC (Patna)	1960	Weekly Periodical	PEHC021
25	Gulam Sarwar Firgar v. The State of Bihar	HC (Patna)	1963	(Non) Fiction Book	PEHC022
26	The State of Bihar v. Ghulam Sarwar and Anr	HC (Patna)	1965	Newspaper	PEHC023
27	Pawan Maroo alias Pawan Kumar Maroo v. State of Bihar and Ors.	HC (Patna)	1997	Daily Periodical	PEHC024
28	Amar Nath Bali v. The State	HC (P&H)	1950	(Non)Fiction Book	PEHC025
29	Nawal Kishore Thakur v. The State of Punjab	HC (P&H)	1963	Printing Press	PEHC026
30	Kanta Prasad Sharma v. The State of Rajasthan	HC (Raj)	2005	Pamphlets	PEHC027
31	Ishwar Lal Khatri v. The State of Rajasthan	HC (Raj)	2010	(Non) Fiction Book	PEHC028
32	Sikkim Social Empowerment Association, through its President Shri Dawa Karma Lepcha v. Shri Anjan Upadhyaya, Editor and Publisher and State of Sikkim, through	HC (Sikkim)	2014	Daily Periodical	PEHC029
33	Joy Cherian v. Sub Inspector of Police, Thampanoor and Ors.	HC (Ker)	2015	Non-Fiction Book	PEHC030

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