The Supreme Court held that the freedom of speech and expression includes the following:
- Right to propagate one’s views (Freedom of circulation).
- Freedom of the press.
- Freedom of commercial advertisements.
- Right against tapping of telephonic conversation.
- Right to telecast, that is, government has no monopoly on electronic media.
- Right against bundh called by a political party or organisation.
- Right to know about government activities.
- Freedom of silence.
- Right against imposition of pre-censorship on a newspaper.
- Right to demonstration or picketing but not right to strike.
- Right to fly the national flag.
- Right of voters to know the antecedents of the candidates contesting elections.
- Right to choose the medium of instruction at the stage of primary school.
- Right to express gender identity.
- Right to reply (Right to answer the criticism).
- Right to post information/videos on the internet/social media.
- Right of film-makers to exhibit their films.
- Right to access to the internet (Right to access to information via the internet).