During the British Raj, which law or section was often used against the newspapers? A) Section 124 A of IPC B) Rowlatt Act C) Vernacular Press Act D) Section 107 & 151 of CrPC
The Vernacular Press Act stated that any magistrate or Commissioner of Police had the authority to call upon any printer or publisher of a newspaper to enter into a bond, undertaking not to print a certain kind of material, and could confiscate any printed material it deemed objectionable.