Supreme Court Grants Interim Relief To "Adipurush" Makers; Stays Proceedings In High Courts Against Movie

The Supreme Court, on Friday, granted interim relief to the makers of the film "Adipurush", by staying all High Court proceedings against the movie makers and issued notice in the makers' plea challenging the direction of the Allahabad High Court seeking the personal appearance of the director, producer and the dialogue writer of the movie. The Supreme Court also issued notice on a separate transfer petition filed by the producer of the film seeking to transfer to the Supreme Court proceedings in different High Courts concerning the movie.A Bench comprising Justice SK Kaul and Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia granted the interim relief on the request made by Senior Advocate Harish Salve, who was appearing for the producer Super Cassettes Industries Private Limited.The petition before the Allahabad High Court sought an exhibition ban on the movie for allegedly hurting the sentiments of Hindus and devotees of various deities depicted in the movie by “destroying their fundamental values and characters” and modifying the ‘basic structure’ of Valmiki Ramayana. During the hearing in the High Court, a division bench of Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan and Justice Shree Prakash Singh came down heavily on the movie and slammed its makers and went to the extent of saying that certifying the movie was a blunder and that the "tolerance of Hindus was being put to test".The High Court sought the personal presence of movie Director (Om Raut), Producer (Bhushan Kumar) and Dialogue Writer (Manoj Muntashir Shukla) for explanation and posted the matter to July 27.Petitions are pending in the High Courts of Rajasthan, Punjab & Haryana and Allahabad seeking to ban the movie and quash the CBFC certification granted to it.Today, the Supreme Court also dismissed another writ petition which was filed against the certification granted for the movie, observing that the Court under Article 32 cannot interfere with the decision taken by a statutory body.[Case Title: Super Cassettes Industries Private Limited v. Kuldeep Tiwari And Ors. SLP(C) No. 14520/2023, Super Cassettes Industries Private Limited v. Kuldeep Tiwari Diary No. 25448-2023 ]

Supreme Court Grants Interim Relief To "Adipurush" Makers; Stays Proceedings In High Courts Against Movie

Padmakshi Sharma

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