Udaipur Files: SC Asks Delhi HC To Hear On Jul 28 Pleas Against Centre Nod For Film's Release

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Delhi High Court to hear on July 28 the pleas challenging the Centre's nod to release "Udaipur Files - Kanhaiya Lal Tailor Murder".

- OUR CORRESPONDENT

NEW DELHI:

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi said the filmmakers' appeal against the high court order staying the film's release was infructuous for they had accepted the July 21 Centre nod for the film's release subject to six cuts in its scenes and modifications in the disclaimer.

Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind president Maulana Arshad Madani and Mohd Javed, who is an accused in the Kanhaiya Lal murder case, was ordered to move the high court against the Centre's decision.

During a brief hearing, advocate Syed Rizwan, appearing for film producers, said the contention of Madani and Javed that a particular community was targeted in the film and the threat to social fabric of the country, was "nothing but a figment of their imagination".