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title: "Reasonable Restrictions under Article 19(2)-(6) — Definition"
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

TL;DR

- Reasonable restrictions are the constitutionally permitted limits the Indian State may place on the six freedoms in Article 19(1) through clauses (2) to (6).
- Which grounds justify restricting freedom of speech under Article 19(2)?
- What test do courts use to decide whether a restriction is reasonable?
- How does 'public order' differ from 'law and order' and 'security of the State'?
- Are Article 19 freedoms ever suspended entirely?

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Reasonable restrictions are the constitutionally permitted limits the Indian State may place on the six freedoms in Article 19(1) through clauses (2) to (6).

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## Timeline

1. 26 November 1949

   The word "reasonable" was deliberately inserted into clauses (2) to (6) by the framers — Article 19 as adopted on supplied the textual hook that courts late…

2. 24 March 2015

   Union of India\* () the Supreme Court struck down Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, holding it failed the public-order test under clause (2…

3. 10 January 2020

   Union of India\* () the Court reviewed the prolonged internet shutdown in Jammu and Kashmir imposed after August 2019, ruling that indefinite suspension was d…

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On 24 March 2015, in Shreya Singhal v. Union of India, the Supreme Court struck down Section 66A of the IT Act, holding it an unreasonable restriction on speech under Article 19(2) for lacking a proximate link to public order.

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