Index of cases for Sections 295A

# No.	Cause Title	Court	Year	Media Involved
1	Ramji Lal Modi v. The State of Uttar Pradesh	SC	1957	Monthly Periodical Magazine
2	Sri Baragur Ramachandrappa and Ors. v. The State of Karnataka and Ors.	SC	2007	A Novel
3	Sant Das Maheshwari v. Babu Ram Jodoun and Ors.	HC (Allahabad)	1966	Non-Fiction Book
4	Kamla Kant Singh v. Chairman/Managing Director, Bennetta Colman and Company Ltd. and Ors.	HC (Allahabad)	1987	Article in a weekly periodical
5	Mudassir Ullah Khan v. State of U.P. and Others	HC (Allahabad)	2013	Television
6	Ushaben Navinchandra Trivedi and Another v. Bhagyalaxmi Chitra Mandir and Others	HC (Gujarat)	1976	Film
7	Shalibhadra Shah and Ors. v. Swami Krishna Bharati and Anr.	HC (Gujarat)	1980	Article in a weekly periodical
8	Shareef Abdul Raheem Yamani and others v. The State of A.P., rep by Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., and another	HC (AP)	2012	Television
9	State G.S.S.I. v. P. Ramaswami	HC (Mad)	1962	Newspaper
10	Public Prosecutor v. P. Ramaswami	HC (Mad)	1963	Article in a weekly periodical
11	The State of Mysore v. Henry Rodrigues and Anr.	HC (Kar)	1961	Monthly Periodical Magazine
12	Zac Poonen v. Hidden Treasure Literature Incorporated and Anr.	HC (Kar)	2001	Non-Fiction Book
13	B.V. Seetharama and Anr. v. State by Inspector General of Police	HC (Kar)	2007	Newspaper
14	State of Karnataka v. K. Rajashekara and M. Karunanidhi	HC (Kar)	2009	Newspaper
15	Malleshappa v. Sri Kumar	HC (Kar)	2015	Newspaper
16	The State v. Giani Ram Singh	HC (P&H)	1953	(Non) Fiction Book
17	Shri Suresh Oberoi and Anr. v. Dev Singh Assur and Anr.	HC (P&H)	1991	Film
18	Star India Pvt. Ltd. v. State of Punjab and Anr.	HC (P&H)	2010	Television

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