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Publish, means (1) To make known or announce publicly; promulgate; proclaim. (2) To print and issue to the public. (3) To communicate to a third person, Webster's Comprehensive Dictionary, International Edn.; C.C.E. v. New Tobacco Co., (1998) 8 SCC 250.

Publish, means to make generally accessible or available; to place before or offer to public; to bring before the public for sale or distribution. Thus the word 'publish' connotes not only an act of printing but also further action of issuing or making it available to the public, Legal Glossary, Published by the Legislative Department, Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs, Government of India in 1992; C.C.E. v. New Tobacco Co., (1998) 8 SCC 250.

To publish a news item is to make it known to people in general; 'an advising of the public or making known of something to the public for a purpose 'The purpose of s. 3 animates the meaning of the expression 'publish'. 'Publication' is 'the act of publishing anything; offering it to public notice, or rending it accessible to public scrutiny .... an advising of the public; a making known of something to them for a purpose', State of Madhya Pradesh v. Shri Ram Raghubir Prasad Agarwala, (1979) 4 SCC 686 (695). [Madhya Pradesh Prathmik Middle School Tatha Madhymik Shiksha........ Adhiniyam 1973, s. 3]