
The moot point here is how State Governments can ban a film when it is cleared by Central Censor Board which is a statutory body. If anything objectionable is there, it is the look out of Censor Board and a blanket ban by State Governments on the pretext of law & order problems has no merit. This led the producers went to Supreme Court which cleared the decks for release of film in Uttar Pradesh.
On one onside, our Courts are overloaded with large pendency, but we are forced to knock the doors of judiciary for such petty cases which need not require court intervention when the films are cleared by an autonomous body like Censor Board. Of course the ban on the screening of 'Aarakshan', has helped producers to get some wide publicity for their film. But the whole episode reflects one fact that a over-cautious Govt would have to bear the brunt of public anger.
To avert such situation in future, we need to consider some amendments in the Censor Board Act which should have some sweeping powers with regard to film certification so that this kind of flimsy grounds don't force the litigants to approach higher judiciary.
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