A Pune civil court today ruled that it had jurisdiction to hear a suit seeking a ban on Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha’s film ‘Desh Bhakt Nathuram Godse’, which is slated for release in January.<\/p>\n
The ruling was delivered by Civil Judge S S Nair after advocate Wajid Khan for the plaintiff Hemant Patil submitted case laws to show that the civil court had the jurisdiction to hear the suit.<\/p>\n
The suit alleged that Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha general secretary Munna Kumar Sharma had said in a section of media that, “The film would show that Nathuram Godse, the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi, was a patriot, while Gandhi was anti-Hindu”.<\/p>\n
According to the suit, the film would be released on the same day when Godse had gunned down Mahatma Gandhi in 1948.<\/p>\n
Since the film has the potential to “incite people on communal lines”, the petition prayed for a ban on its release.<\/p>\n
In the suit, activist Hemant Patil prayed that the film’s release should be stopped until the producer satisfied the court that it would not cause any communal flare up.<\/p>\n
The suit would come up for hearing in due course, advocate Khan said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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