MANISH KUMAR MITTAL Vs. FAWAD KHAN & ORS

JUDGEMENT

(1.) WE have heard the petitioner, appearing in person.

(2.) BY this writ petition, purportedly filed in public interest, the petitioner, an individual - a law student, is seeking the relief, to ban the exhibition of film, 'Dharam Sankat Me', running in the cinema halls, on the ground that certain dialogs in the film are offensive to the children, who are abandoned by the parents, and that some of the dialogs in the firm are offensive to a particular community.

(3.) THE petitioner has not challenged the certificate given by the Film Censor Board to the film, nor has given the details of the reaction of the general public, to these dialogs. In the absence of challenge to certification of the film by the Film Censor Board, and the reaction of the general public to certain dialogs, this petition is not maintainable. The feelings of an individual, cannot be a ground to ban the film, which has been approved by the Film Censor Board, for exhibition.