The Parliamentary Proceedings (Protection of Publication) Act, 1977

Section 3. Publication of reports of Parliamentary proceedings privileged

In force · As amended up to 2026-08

3. Publication of reports of Parliamentary proceedings privileged (1) Save as otherwise provided in sub-section (2), no person shall be liable to any proceedings, civil or criminal, in any court in respect of the publication in a newspaper of a substantially true report of any proceedings of either House of Parliament, unless the publication is proved to have been made with malice. (2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall be construed as protecting the publication of any matter, the publication of which is not for the public good.

Source: India Code