Court paves way for release of documentary on Kabir
March 9th, 2011 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday paved the way for the release of a 100-minute documentary film “Had Anhad”, based on poet Kabir, asking the censor board to give it appropriate certification. The court also told the central government to pay Rs 10,000 as litigation costs to the film maker.
Praising the hard work of makers of “Had Anhad”, Justice S. Muralidhar said: “Consequently, the impugned orders dated May 28, 2010 of the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT) and the order of Nov 5, 2009 of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) are hereby set aside.”
“The film ‘Had Anhad’ will forthwith be granted a ‘V/U’ certificate of unrestricted viewing by the CBFC without any of the excisions directed in terms of the impugned orders of the CBFC and the FCAT. The writ petition is allowed with costs of Rs.10,000 which will be paid by Union of India to the petitioner within four weeks,” said the court.
The court was hearing the petition filed by Srishti school of art, design and technology that had challenged the order of the FCAT upholding three of the four excisions ordered by the CBFC while granting the film a “V/U” Certificate.
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