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The Delhi High Court connected Thursday (October 30, 2025) declined to entertain a nationalist involvement litigation (PIL) petition seeking a enactment connected the merchandise of the Bollywood movie The Taj Story, observing that the tribunal could not enactment arsenic a “super Censor Board”.
The film, starring Paresh Rawal, is scheduled for merchandise connected Friday.
A Bench of the Chief Justice of Delhi HC Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela noted that the Cinematograph Act, 1952 contains nary proviso for reappraisal of certification decisions by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).
“Are we a ace Censor Board? Just due to the fact that you say, volition we walk an order?” the Bench remarked, adding that differing perspectives connected humanities events were common.
“Even for history, 2 historians whitethorn person antithetic views, but which historian’s presumption is close — is this thing to beryllium decided by us?” the Bench said.
The tribunal besides questioned wherefore histrion Paresh Rawal had been made a enactment to the case. “He is lone a nonrecreational actor. He is not liable for the content. It is the shaper oregon possibly the director,” the tribunal said.
The PIL had challenged the CBFC’s certification of the film, alleging that the movie was based connected fabricated facts, and pushed a peculiar governmental communicative that could disturb communal harmony.
The petitioner sought absorption to see a disclaimer stating that the movie “deals with a contested communicative and does not assertion to beryllium a definitive humanities account”.
However, the tribunal said, Section 6 of the Cinematograph Act provides a revisional remedy to attack the Central government, making it the due forum for specified grievances.
