the imposition of pre­censorship on a journal is a restriction on the liberty of the Press

the Constitution Bench of this Court also delivered another judgment in Brij Bhushan vs. The State of Delhi46. It also 46 AIR 1950 SC 129 33 arose out of a writ petition under Article 32 challenging an order passed by the Chief Commissioner of Delhi in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 7(1)(c) of the East Punjab Public Safety Act, 1949, requiring the Printer and the Publisher  as well as the Editor of an English weekly by name ‘Organizer’, to submit for scrutiny, before   publication,   all   communal   matters   and   news   and   views about Pakistan including photographs and cartoons, other than those derived from the official sources. Following the decision in Romesh Thappar, the Constitution Bench held that the imposition of pre­censorship on a journal is a restriction on the liberty of the Press, which is an essential part of the right to freedom of speech and expression.