SC moved for stay on release of 'Indu Sarkar'
New Delhi
July 26, 2017
A woman claiming to be the daughter of late Congress
leader Sanjay Gandhi on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court seeking stay of the
release of filmmaker madhu Bhandarkar's "Indu Sarkar".
"You give your
memo. We will see to it. We are not giving any date," said the bench of Justice
Dipak Misra, Justice Amitava Roy and Justice A.M.Khanwilkar as counsel for the
petitioner Priya Singh Paul mentioned the matter for an early hearing as the
film is releasing on July 28.
Paul told the court that the film was "full
of concoction and totally derogatory" to malign the image of Sanjay Gandhi and
his mother, late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
The petitioner has moved
the top court as Bombay High Court had dismissed her plea on July 24, noting:
"The filmmaker has submitted a disclaimer that will be shown before the movie
saying all characters and incidents of the movie are fictitious and bears no
resemblance to any living or dead person. The censor board has also already
granted certificate to the movie after initially asking the filmmaker to cut
some scenes."
The High Court had also said that none of the descendants
of Sanjay Gandhi have objected to the film.
New Delhi
July 26, 2017
A woman claiming to be the daughter of late Congress
leader Sanjay Gandhi on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court seeking stay of the
release of filmmaker madhu Bhandarkar's "Indu Sarkar".
"You give your
memo. We will see to it. We are not giving any date," said the bench of Justice
Dipak Misra, Justice Amitava Roy and Justice A.M.Khanwilkar as counsel for the
petitioner Priya Singh Paul mentioned the matter for an early hearing as the
film is releasing on July 28.
Paul told the court that the film was "full
of concoction and totally derogatory" to malign the image of Sanjay Gandhi and
his mother, late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
The petitioner has moved
the top court as Bombay High Court had dismissed her plea on July 24, noting:
"The filmmaker has submitted a disclaimer that will be shown before the movie
saying all characters and incidents of the movie are fictitious and bears no
resemblance to any living or dead person. The censor board has also already
granted certificate to the movie after initially asking the filmmaker to cut
some scenes."
The High Court had also said that none of the descendants
of Sanjay Gandhi have objected to the film.
Tags: Madhur BhandarkarIndu Sarkar