You can't denigrate section of society by such title: Supreme Court raps Neeraj Pandey on 'Ghooskhor Pandat'

You cannot denigrate a conception of nine by utilizing specified a title, the Supreme Court remarked connected Thursday (February 12, 2026) portion rapping filmmaker Neeraj Pandey connected his movie 'Ghooskhor Pandat'.

The apical tribunal was proceeding a plea seeking a enactment connected the merchandise of the Manoj Bajpayee-starrer movie connected OTT level Netflix.

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A Bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan issued notices to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Central Board for Film Certification and Pandey connected a plea against the movie.

"Why should you denigrate a conception of nine by utilizing specified a title. This is against morality and nationalist order. We volition not let you to merchandise the movie unless you archer america the changed title," the Bench said.

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The apical tribunal directed Pandey to record an affidavit that the movie 'Ghooskhor Pandat' doesn't denigrate immoderate conception of society.

The substance would beryllium heard again connected February 19.

The plea alleged that the movie promotes caste and religion-based stereotyping and threatens nationalist order, communal harmony, and law values.

'Ghooskhor Pandat', produced by filmmaker Neeraj Pandey, was announced by Netflix astatine an lawsuit successful Mumbai recently.

The movie stars Manoj Bajpayee, on with Nushrat Bharuccha, Saqib Saleem, Akshay Oberoi, and Divya Dutta.

The apical tribunal was proceeding a PIL filed by Atul Mishra, National Organisation Secretary of the Brahman Samaj of India, seeking directions to enactment the merchandise of the movie scheduled to watercourse connected Netflix.

The plea alleged that the movie rubric and storyline are prima facie violative and derogatory, which represent the Brahmin assemblage successful a defamatory manner.

The PIL objected to the usage of the connection “Pandat”, a caste and religion-identifying title, alongside “Ghooskhor”, which denotes bribery and motivation corruption.