Padmaavat
Row:
Public
Reaction
on
Supreme
Court's
Padmaavat
Decision|
FilmiBeat
The
Supreme
Court
today
cleared
the
decks
for
the
all-India
release
of
controversial
movie
'Padmaavat' on
January
25
and
stayed
notifications
and
orders
issued
by
Rajasthan
and
Gujarat
prohibiting
exhibition
of
the
film
in
their
states.
A
bench
headed
by
Chief
Justice
Dipak
Misra
also
restrained
any
other
state
from
issuing
such
notifications
and
orders
prohibiting
exhibition
of
the
movie.
The
bench,
also
comprising
Justices
A
M
Khanwilkar
and
D
Y
Chandrachud
observed
that
the
states
are
obliged
to
maintain
law
and
order.
"We
direct
that
there
shall
be
a
stay
of
operation
on
the
notification
and
orders
issued
and
we
also
restrain
other
states
from
issuing
such
notifications
or
orders
in
this
matter," the
bench
said
in
its
interim
order.
Senior
advocates
Harish
Salve
and
Mukul
Rohatgi,
representing
Viacom
18
and
other
producers
of
the
movie,
told
the
bench
that
states
have
no
power
to
issue
suchnotifications
banning
exhibition
of
a
film
when
the
Central
Board
of
Film
Certification
(CBFC)
has
given
a
certificate
of
release.
The
bench
has
posted
the
matter
for
further
hearing
in
March.
The
producers
had
approached
the
top
court
challenging
the
notification
and
orders
issued
by
four
states--
Gujarat
Rajasthan,
Haryana
and
Madhya
Pradesh--
prohibiting
exhibition
of
the
film.
During
the
hearing
today,
Additional
Solicitor
General
Tushar
Mehta,
who
was
representing
Rajasthan,
Gujarat
and
Haryana,
informed
the
bench
that
notification
and
order
has
been
issued
by
states
of
Gujarat
and
Rajasthan
only.
Governments
of
Haryana,
Gujarat,
Madhya
Pradesh
and
Rajasthan
had
declared
that
they
will
not
allow
screening
of
the
movie,
which
stars
Deepika
Padukone,
Shahid
Kapoor
and
Ranveer
Singh
in
lead
roles.
The
producers
submitted
that
the
movie
has
undergone
changes
including
in
its
title
as
suggested
by
the
CBFC.
Asserting
that
the
film
has
been
cleared
by
the
CBFC,
the
plea
has
said
that
the
states
cannot
impose
a
blanket
ban
on
a
film
and
its
screening
can
be
suspended
in
a
particular
area
or
areas
on
account
of
law
and
order
problem,
not
across
the
states.
Politicians
of
all
hues,
including
some
chief
ministers,
recently
made
public
statements
on
the
film,
with
many
of
them
being
against
it.
The
film
is
based
on
the
saga
of
the
historic
battle
of
13th
century
between
Maharaja
Ratan
Singh
and
his
army
of
Mewar
and
Sultan
Alauddin
Khilji
of
Delhi.
The
set
of
the
movie
was
vandalised
twice
--
in
Jaipur
and
Kolhapur,
while
its
director
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali
was
roughed
up
by
members
of
the
Karni
Sena
last
year.
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