Visuvalingam and Others v. Liyanage and Others – sllr 1984 volume 1 page 305

In the case between Visuvalingam and Others (including the publisher of the Saturday Review) and Liyanage and Others (respondents acting under Emergency Regulations), the court addressed whether the impugned orders of sealing the office, and prohibiting the printing, publication, and distribution of the Saturday Review newspaper violated the petitioners’ fundamental rights under Articles 12(1), 12(2), and 14(1)(a) & (g) of the Constitution. The sequence of legal proceedings included prior challenges on similar issues in earlier applications, where a previous five-judge Bench had unanimously upheld the restrictions as valid. Upon renewed petition, it was determined that the material presented did not warrant a departure from the prior position, given the paramount effect of emergency regula