Supreme Court Rejects Plea Against Film “Yadav Ji Ki Love Story”, Says Title Does Not Portray Community Negatively

The Supreme Court today dismissed a writ petition seeking a stay on release of the film “Yadav Ji ki Love Story”, holding that the title of the movie does not portray the Yadav community in a negative manner.

A bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan noted that the title did not contain any adjective or word that attached any negative meaning to the community.

“We fail to understand how the title of the film reflects the community in bad light. The title of the film does not have any adjective or any word that portrays the Yadav community in bad light. The apprehensions are wholly unfounded”, the Court said.

The Court distinguished its recent order regarding the film Ghooskhor Pandat, noting that the expression “ghooskhor” means corrupt and carried a negative connotation, whereas no such negativity was attached to the Yadav community in the present case.

"The expression "ghooskhor" in English means corrupt. A negative meaning was being attached to the community. In the instant case no such negativity is attached to the Yadav community", it said.

The Court further held that none of the reasonable restrictions under Article 19(2) of the Constitution were attracted. It concluded that the name of the film in no way portrayed the Yadav community in bad light.

The plea, filed through Advocate-on-Record Aftab Ali Khan, contended that the title created a direct and offensive stereotype against an identifiable caste/community. It argued that the title equated “Yadav”, a community and caste-identifying title, with “Love Story”, which implies illegal and illicit relations representing moral turpitude.

The petition sought direction restraining the release, screening or broadcast of the film and a direction to the CBFC to re-examine its content in accordance with constitutional principles and statutory guidelines.

The plea also sought a stay on the release and public exhibition of the film and a direction to the producer to change the title and remove any reference to the Yadav caste/community from the film.

After the dismissal, counsel submitted that the movie had not yet been released and sought liberty to approach the Court again if something in the film caused hurt after release. The Bench responded that the film was fiction and advised the petitioner to have a thick skin, adding that such issues would fade quickly.

Case no. – W.P.(C) No. 252/2026

Case Title – Awdesh Kumar Yadav v. Union of India