Article 19 of the Indian constitution grants an individual the right to freedom of opinion and expression. This includes the freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

In today's episode of Hamara Samvidhaan, advocate Avani Bansal talks about the constitutional provision in question, how it has been applied in independent India, and how courts have interpreted it on various occasions.

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