HC refuses to stay release of 'Santa Banta Pvt Ltd' movie

April 21, 2016 20:35

Delhi High Court today refused to stay the release of the movie 'Santa Banta Pvt Ltd' scheduled for tomorrow. Justice J R Midha passed the order declining the plea of Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee seeking stay on the film on the ground that Central Board of Film Certification has not complied with the high court's direction.

The counsel for DSGMC referred to the April 19 direction during the hearing of the contempt plea filed by it and two others against CBFC chairman Pahlaj Nihalani and CEO Anurag Shrivastava, in which it was alleged that they had not complied with the March 29 directions given by the court.

He said that CBFC has not complied with the high court order asking it to give them hearing on the issue. The DSGMC had claimed that the film makes fun of the Sikh community.

Seeking stay on the film's release, DSGMC claimed that they had met CBFC officials at Mumbai in pursuance to court's April 19 order, but were neither given a proper hearing nor was the movie shown to them.

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