Supreme Court clears Padmaavat; suspends ban orders by 4 states

January 18, 2018 11:55

The Supreme Court has lifted the ban on Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmaavat.

Yesterday, the producers of the movie had moved the apex court, opposing the ban imposed on its screening by various state governments.

Governments of Haryana, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya

Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand had declared that they

will not allow screening of the movie, which also stars Shahid

Kapoor and Ranveer Singh in lead roles.

The Haryana government, at a recent cabinet meeting, decided to ban the movie in the state.

The producers moved the top court through senior lawyer Harish Salve and advocate Mahesh Agarwal and submitted, in a petition, that the movie has undergone changes including in its title as suggested by the Central Board of Film Certification.

Asserting that the film has been cleared by the CBFC, the plea said 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.

Earlier on two occasions, the apex court had thwarted attempts to stall release of the film, saying it cannot pre-judge a movie before the authorised body CBFC takes a decision.

The top court had on November 28 expressed unhappiness over remarks made by politicians over the movie and asked them to desist from reacting as they could prejudice censor board's decision.

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