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A Division Bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Justice Dipankar Datta, volition connected January 15 perceive an entreaty filed by the accumulation location of Vijay-starrer Jana Nayagan against an bid of enactment passed by a Division Bench of the Madras High Court implicit the certification of the film.
The Bench, besides comprising Justice Augustine George Masih, would perceive KVN Productions’ situation against the determination of a two-judge Bench of the High Court to enactment a azygous judge’s bid to contented U/A 16+ certificate to the film, hours aft it was passed.
The accumulation location has arraigned the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) and its Regional Officer arsenic respondents successful the lawsuit earlier the Supreme Court.
The accumulation steadfast had initially approached a azygous justice Bench against a determination of the CBFC president to reappraisal the CBFC examining committee’s determination to wide the movie for issuance of a censor certificate.
The CBFC had countered this by saying 1 of the 5 members of the examining committee had sent a ailment to the CBFC chairman, stating that his objections were not considered decently earlier making the recommendation.
It had argued that the Cinematograph (Certification) Rules of 2024 empowered the president to notation a movie to the revising committee if he/she does not hold with the proposal of the examining panel. The Board had argued that judicial reappraisal connected the merits of issuance of censor certificates was limited.
