TIL Desk Bollywood/ The Supreme Court refuses to stay the release of Udta Punjab. The court allows the petitioner to approach the Punjab and Haryana HC where the petition is pending The court today heard a plea by Punjab-based NGO Human Rights Awareness Association to halt the screening of the film Udta Punjab, which focuses on the widespread drug menace in the agrarian State.
A vacation bench of Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and L. Nageswara Rao hearing the plea at the end of matters listed for the day. “We will hear the matter at the end of the board and see if we can entertain the plea in the absence of the June 14 Bombay High Court judgement directing the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to issue an ‘A’ certificate to the film with just one cut,” the bench said.
Appearing for he movie’s producer, Phantom Films, senior counsel Meenakshi Arora said the CBFC had given the certificate and the film was released overseas. The film is scheduled for release across 8,000 screens countrywide on Friday.
