High Profile Cases Media & Entertainment News Delhi High Court rejects plea alleging glorification of Sati in Padmaavat February 23, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today rejected a plea seeking penal action against the producers and the director of Bollywood movie ‘Padmaavat’ for alleged glorification of the practice of ‘sati’. ‘Sati’ is an obsolete funeral custom where a widow immolates herself on her husband’s pyre and the law prohibits it. A bench of Acting Chief Justice […] Read more » Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal advocate Mehmood Pracha CBFC Central Board of Film Certification featured glorification of Sati Justice C Hari Shankar obsolete funeral custom Padmaavat Sati
Top Law News Don’t act like “grandmother”, HC tells CBFC; clears way for Udta Punjab release June 13, 2016 / June 14, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Admonishing the censor board for acting like a “grandmother”, the Bombay High Court today ordered it to certify movie ‘Udta Punjab’ within 48 hours with just one cut instead of 13 suggested by the CBFC so its producers can release it on schedule on June 17. “Barring the deletion of the urination scene as directed […] Read more » Bombay High Court CBFC Court featured Law Legal News Udta Punjab
