'Accidental PM' row: After PIL quashed in HC, designer knocks on SC door for stay on trailer
The matter will reportedly be mentioned for an urgent hearing tomorrow.
By ET Online |
Agencies
Hours after the Delhi High Court quashed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a ban on 'The Accidental Prime Minister' trailer, the matter has now reached the Supreme Court. The matter will reportedly be mentioned for an urgent hearing tomorrow.
Earlier, Delhi-based fashion designer Pooja Mahajan filed the PIL on the ground that the trailer had caused unaccountable damage to the name and fame of the office of the Prime Minster.
A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V. Kameswar Rao rejected Mahajan's PIL which was filed through her counsel Arun Maitri. Mahajan's PIL stated that the movie will harm the constitutional image of the Prime Minister post and give it a negative name nationally and internationally. It also said that the trailer violated Section 416 of Indian Penal Code as the impersonation of a living person which is not permitted in law.
After a controversial stint at the Censor Board, Pahlaj Nihalani has been shown the door. Ad guru Prasoon Joshi, of 'Ab Ki Baar Modi Sarkar' fame will replace him.
Nihalani's journey has been marked by cuts, beeps and disclaimers aplenty.
Here are a few films that had invoked his wrath.
(Image: PTI)
Earlier, the PIL was rejected by a single-judge bench saying that the plea should be filed as a public suit.
Mahajan's plea requested the court to issue direction to Google, YouTube, the Centre and Central Board of Film Certification to stop the exhibition of the trailer.
The movie is based on Sanjaya Baru's book with a similar title. Baru was a former media advisor of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
The movie, which is slated to release on Friday, stars Anupam Kher as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Akshaye Khanna as Baru, his former media advisor.
Earlier, Delhi-based fashion designer Pooja Mahajan filed the PIL on the ground that the trailer had caused unaccountable damage to the name and fame of the office of the Prime Minster.
A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V. Kameswar Rao rejected Mahajan's PIL which was filed through her counsel Arun Maitri. Mahajan's PIL stated that the movie will harm the constitutional image of the Prime Minister post and give it a negative name nationally and internationally. It also said that the trailer violated Section 416 of Indian Penal Code as the impersonation of a living person which is not permitted in law.
Nihalani's journey has been marked by cuts, beeps and disclaimers aplenty.
Here are a few films that had invoked his wrath.
(Image: PTI)
Earlier, the PIL was rejected by a single-judge bench saying that the plea should be filed as a public suit.
Mahajan's plea requested the court to issue direction to Google, YouTube, the Centre and Central Board of Film Certification to stop the exhibition of the trailer.
The movie is based on Sanjaya Baru's book with a similar title. Baru was a former media advisor of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
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The movie, which is slated to release on Friday, stars Anupam Kher as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Akshaye Khanna as Baru, his former media advisor.
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