{"id":42543,"date":"2016-04-18T19:41:26","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T14:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=42543"},"modified":"2016-04-19T03:16:41","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T21:46:41","slug":"bombay-hc-refuses-ban-release-santa-banta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bombay-hc-refuses-ban-release-santa-banta","title":{"rendered":"Bombay HC refuses to ban release of &#8221;Santa Banta&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_41957\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41957\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/bombay-hc.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"41957\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/legal-heirs-deceased-convicts-liable-pay-fine-bombay-hc\/bombay-hc-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/bombay-hc.jpg?fit=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bombay-hc\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/bombay-hc.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/bombay-hc.jpg?fit=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-41957 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/bombay-hc.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bombay HC refuses to ban release of ''Santa Banta''\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/bombay-hc.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/bombay-hc.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/bombay-hc.jpg?resize=125%2C125&amp;ssl=1 125w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/bombay-hc.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41957\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bombay HC refuses to ban release of &#8221;Santa Banta&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Bombay High Court today refused to grant an interim stay on the release of upcoming film &#8220;Santa Banta Pvt Ltd&#8221; while hearing a petition alleging the movie had defamed members of the Sikh community and portrayed them in bad light.<\/p>\n<p>Justice S C Dharmadhikari, heading a division bench, said, &#8220;We cannot stop the release of any film unless an opportunity is given to the producer and censor board to answer the allegations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, the court asked the respondents to file affidavits in reply to the petition within two weeks.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_wrapper_div\">\n<div id=\"inread1_26817\">\n<div id=\"inread_26817\" class=\"mainAdView\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The petition, filed by Charan Singh Sapra, Congress MLC from suburban Mulund, alleged the film had hurt the sentiments of the Sikh community as it contained &#8220;indecent and filthy&#8221; dialogues and jokes about the community members.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioners lawyer B A Desai showed posters of the film to the bench alleging indecency shown by the actors and urging for a direction to the censor board to withdraw its certificate issued to the producers to exhibit the film in theatres all over the country.<\/p>\n<p>Desai cited Supreme Court judgements to show that &#8220;indecent&#8221; 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