The
Supreme
Court
on
Tuesday
refused
to
modify
its
earlier
order
which
had
cleared
the
decks
for
the
nationwide
release
of
Padmaavat,
saying
people
must
understand
that
orders
of
the
top
court
have
to
be
"abided
with".
A
bench
headed
by
Chief
Justice
Dipak
Misra
made
this
statement
while
rejecting
pleas
filed
by
Rajasthan
and
Madhya
Pradesh
seeking
modification
in
its
January
18
order.
The
Supreme
Court
had
paved
the
way
for
the
nationwide
release
of
Padmaavat
on
January
25
by
staying
the
ban
on
the
screening
in
states
of
Gujarat
and
Rajasthan.
"People
must
understand
that
the
Supreme
Court
has
passed
an
order.
They
must
abide
by
it.
It
is
the
obligation
of
the
states
to
maintain
law
and
order," the
bench
also
comprising
Justices
AM
Khanwilkar
and
DY
Chandrachud
said.
"We
are
not
inclined
to
modify
our
order,"
the
bench
said
while
dismissing
the
plea.
It
asked
the
states
to
follow
its
order
and
gave
them
the
liberty
to
approach
it
again
"if
the
situation
arises".
The
bench
also
dismissed
the
applications
filed
by
Shree
Rashtriya
Rajput
Karni
Sena,
which
has
been
staging
protest
in
several
states
against
the
release
of
the
movie,
and
Akhil
Bharatiya
Kshatriya
Mahasabha,
seeking
to
stall
the
exhibition
of
the
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali
movie.
The
apex
court
had
earlier
restrained
other
states
from
issuing
any
ban
orders
on
the
Deepika
Padukone-starrer
film.
Maintaining
that
states
were
under
constitutional
obligation
to
maintain
law
and
order,
the
top
court
said
this
duty
also
included
providing
police
protection
to
persons
involved
in
the
film,
its
exhibition
and
the
audience.
The
film,
starring
Deepika
Padukone,
Shahid
Kapoor
and
Ranveer
Singh
in
lead
roles,
is
based
on
the
saga
of
a
historic
13th
century
battle
between
Maharaja
Ratan
Singh
and
his
army
of
Mewar
and
Sultan
Alauddin
Khilji
of
Delhi.
PTI