SC To Hear Plea Of Rajasthan, MP Against Release Of Padmaavat
Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh today moved the Supreme Court seeking recall of its January 18 order by which controversial Bollywood movie Padmaavat was allowed to be released in theatres across India.
Rajasthan
and
Madhya
Pradesh
today
moved
the
Supreme
Court
seeking
recall
of
its
January
18
order
by
which
controversial
Bollywood
movie
Padmaavat
was
allowed
to
be
released
in
theatres
across
India
on
January
25.
A
bench
comprising
Chief
Justice
Dipak
Misra
and
Justices
A
M
Khanwilkar
and
D
Y
Chandrachud
agreed
to
hear
tomorrow
the
interim
applications
of
both
the
states
seeking
modification
of
the
apex
court
order
allowing
exhibition
of
the
movie.
The
states
claimed
that
section
6
of
the
Cinematograph
Act
empowers
them
to
stop
exhibition
of
any
controversial
movie
on
the
grounds
of
possible
violation
of
law
and
order.
Senior
advocate
Harish
Salve,
appearing
for
Viacom
18
the
producers
of
the
Deepika
Padukone-starrer,
opposed
urgent
hearing
on
any
such
interim
applications.
The
court,
however,
agreed
to
hear
the
applications
tomorrow.
The
Supreme
Court
had
on
January
25
paved
the
way
for
the
nationwide
release
of
Padmaavat
by
staying
the
ban
on
its
screening
in
Gujarat
and
Rajasthan.
The
apex
court
also
restrained
other
states
from
issuing
any
such
notification
or
order
banning
the
screening
of
the
movie.
The
film,
starring
Deepika
Padukone,
Shahid
Kapoor
and
Ranveer
Singh
in
lead
roles,
is
based
on
the
saga
of
historic
battle
of
13th
century
between
Maharaja
Ratan
Singh
and
his
army
of
Mewar
and
Sultan
Alauddin
Khilji
of
Delhi.
Haryana
and
Madhya
Pradesh
governments
have
not
issued
any
formal
order
but
had
stated
that
they
would
not
allow
the
exhibition
of
the
film.
Maintaining
that
states
were
under
constitutional
obligation
to
maintain
law
and
order,
the
apex
court
had
said
that
this
duty
also
includes
providing
police
protection
to
persons
who
are
involved
in
the
film,
its
exhibition
and
the
audience
watching
it.
On
a
related
note,
Shri
Rajput
Karni
Sena
chief
Lokendra
Singh
Kalvi
recently
said
he
would
not
allow
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali's
Padmaavat
to
be
released
"at
any
cost".
As
per
a
web
portal,
members
of
the
Karni
Sena
distributed
a
memorandum
in
all
theatres
at
Gurgaon
in
Haryana,
asking
them
not
to
screen
the
film.
After
seeing
the
protest,
many
film
distributors
did
not
purchase
the
distribution
rights
of
Padmaavat
in
Rajasthan.
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