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SC to view contentious film 'Sada Haq'
Thursday April 25, 2013 11:59:23 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
The Supreme Court Thursday said that it would watch the film "Sada
Haq" that has allegedly taken an exalted view of the days of
extremism and its leaders in Punjab before taking a call on the
plea by its producers seeking lifting of the ban on its screening
in Punjab, Chandigarh and Delhi.
A bench of Chief Justice Altamas Kabir, Justice Anil R. Dave and
Justice Vikramajit Sen also said that senior counsel Fali Nariman,
Rajiv Dhawan, and Additional Solicitor General Rebecca John too
would be watch the film that would be screened in the apex court
premises Friday afternoon.
The counsel for Punjab, Chandigarh and Delhi too would be allowed
to be present at the screening of the film.
The film depicts the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Punjab militancy and
the police brutalities was to be released April 5 but was banned
on April 4 by the Punjab and Delhi government and the Chandigarh
administration.
Appearing for the Vital Media - the producer of the film, senior
counsel Colin Gonsalves said that after the film has been cleared
by the Central Board of Film Certification, it could not be banned
till it has been screened in cinema hall.
"It is only if something happens consequent to the screening of
the film that that the government could intervene to clamp a ban
on its screening," he contended, adding that banning the screening
of the film was the last resort after all efforts to maintain law
and order had failed.
He said that the public screening of the film was a pre-condition
before a ban could come.
Gonsalves said that the ban on the film "Sada Haq" was based on
the likelihood of the screening of the film posing threat to the
peace and tranquility.
Gonsalves recalled that the apex court bench with Justice Dave on
it had Aug 19, 2011, had quashed the Utter Pradesh government's
order 'suspending the screening' of film maker Prakash Jha's film
"Aarakshan".
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