Padmaavat row: SC to hear contempt pleas against Karni Sena, 4 states

January 25, 2018 11:39

Two contempt pleas have been filed in the Supreme Court against the Karni Sena and four states -- Rajasthan, Haryana, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh -- for failing to contain violence against controversial film Padmaavat.

The apex court agrees to hear plea filed by Congress supporter Tehseen Poonawalla on Monday.

A lawyer files separate plea seeking similar contempt action against the Karni Sena and its office-bearers for violating apex court orders.

Defying the Supreme Court order, Rajput outfits went on rampage in several states, clashing with police, burning vehicles and vandalising malls.

The protestors did not even spare children, attacking a bus full of students in Gurugram.

The SC had on Tuesday rejected the pleas filed by Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh seeking modification of its January 18 order that had paved the way for the nationwide release of Padmaavat, and sternly warned the protestors to "abide by our order".

We will not modify our order. Otherwise these people, who are taking to the streets, will make a virtue of creating trouble. They will first create trouble and then make a virtue of it, the top court had strongly observed.

Image: A notice put up outside PVR Cinemas in Gurugram's Ambience Mall. Photograph: ANI

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