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Council of State Debates Tuesday 6th October 1931 Official Report

1931

To this end I will ask the House to consider the provisions of the Bill in respect of the following matters : Firstly the character of the writings against which the Bill is directed. [...] The compilation illustrates the extent to which the liberty of the press is being degraded and disfigured by the growth of a decadent type of journalism which is alien both to the traditions of the people and which is opposed to the principles followed by responsible journalists—of whom there are many in this country. [...] A comparison of clause 4 of this Bill with the provisions of the old Press Act which were the subject of comment and criticism in the famous Comrade case would demonstrate how fundamentally different the provisions of clause 4 are from the provisions of the old Press Act and the Ordinance. [...] The only way to fight that terrorism and its suppression is to depend upon the ordinary penal laws and even more than that upon the sympathy and good will of the people." According to Lord Morley : " The Indian people are peculiarly responsive to sympathy and personal influence and when the people are drawn to the side of the Government by sympathy the ground will become uncongenial for the growth [...] At the same time the number of murders or attempts on the lives of Government officials and others in the year 1930 is reported to be 61 while it has reached the figure of 40 up to the end of the month of August in the current year.
government politics public policy
Pages
30
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100003
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Council of State Debates Tuesday 6th October 1931 Official Report
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