COURT JUNKS PLEA THAT SOUGHT F.I.R. AGAINST EXHIBITOR OVER MF HUSAIN ART

No communal unrest or public incitement was caused by the display of two artworks by MF Husain at an exhibition last year at DAG, formerly known as the Delhi Art Gallery, a Delhi court said on Tuesday while refusing to direct a police probe against the exhibitors.

- Arnabjit Sur

Additional sessions judge Saurabh Partap Laler of Patiala House Courts issued the order in response to a revision petition by an advocate. The advocate had challenged a magistrate’s order from December last year, which had refused to register an FIR against DAG’s director and owners. The advocate claimed DAG displayed allegedly obscene paintings by Husain that offended Hindu religious sentiments. The detailed order was released on Thursday.