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A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed before the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court calls for the banning of two recent Bollywood songs: “Munni badnam hui...” (from Dabangg) and “Sheela ki jawani...” (from Tees Mar Khan), alleging that they have been causing “incidents of violence, eve teasing, molestation, mental harassment and public/private nuisance, all of grave criminal nature”. The High Court in its hearing on January 10 asked the government respondent to present to it within a week any judgment on a similar matter given by the Supreme Court.
The petitioner, Lucknow based social activist Nutan Thakur, has cited half a dozen instances when these songs played in the public arena have caused nuisance. Two cases stand out. One wherein a Lucknow schoolgirl called Sheela, agonised by the constant teasing she had been subjected to ever since the song went on air, attempted suicide. The other incident took place in the village Machali Mankapur, Gonda (UP), on the morning of November 27 last year. One Naresh Soni alias Bacchu was singing the song “Munni badnam hui...” near the shop of Rajesh Kumar Gupta, whose mother was also called Munni. Gupta was miffed and the two started fighting over this. This ended in firing on the spot and the death of an old lady. In yet another case from Noida, at least 25 persons, including some BPO employees, were injured and over 12 vehicles were damaged after a scuffle broke out over the playing of “Sheila ki jawani” in Sector 127 of Noida on December 26 last year. Cases under sections 147, 323, 427 IPS, have been registered at Sector 39 police station.
Based on all these incidents as examples, the petitioner has requested the High Court to make the respondents personally liable for all those unfortunate and serious acts, emanating directly from their irresponsible behaviour, as being completely in contravention of section 5(B)(1) of the Cinematography Act 1952 which does not permit grant of certificate to a film or any part of it, if it is against the interests of public order, decency or morality, or involves defamation or is likely to incite the commission of any offence.
The directors and the producers of Tees Maar Khan and of Dabangg, Censor Board and the Union of India through the Secretary of Information and Broadcasting have been made respondents in the PIL. “I request the court not only to immediately ban these two songs but also to fix some kind of criminal and civil liabilities on the respondents for their wilful and malignant act,” says Thakur.
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Uttar Pradesh law & order: Much ado about Something...
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed before the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court calls for the banning of two recent Bollywood songs: “Munni badnam hui...” (from Dabangg) and “Sheela ki jawani...” (from Tees Mar Khan), alleging that they have been causing “incidents of violence, eve teasing, molestation, mental harassment and public/private nuisance, all of grave criminal nature”. The High Court in its hearing on January 10 asked the government respondent to present to it within a week any judgment on a similar matter given by the Supreme Court.
The petitioner, Lucknow based social activist Nutan Thakur, has cited half a dozen instances when these songs played in the public arena have caused nuisance. Two cases stand out. One wherein a Lucknow schoolgirl called Sheela, agonised by the constant teasing she had been subjected to ever since the song went on air, attempted suicide. The other incident took place in the village Machali Mankapur, Gonda (UP), on the morning of November 27 last year. One Naresh Soni alias Bacchu was singing the song “Munni badnam hui...” near the shop of Rajesh Kumar Gupta, whose mother was also called Munni. Gupta was miffed and the two started fighting over this. This ended in firing on the spot and the death of an old lady. In yet another case from Noida, at least 25 persons, including some BPO employees, were injured and over 12 vehicles were damaged after a scuffle broke out over the playing of “Sheila ki jawani” in Sector 127 of Noida on December 26 last year. Cases under sections 147, 323, 427 IPS, have been registered at Sector 39 police station.
Based on all these incidents as examples, the petitioner has requested the High Court to make the respondents personally liable for all those unfortunate and serious acts, emanating directly from their irresponsible behaviour, as being completely in contravention of section 5(B)(1) of the Cinematography Act 1952 which does not permit grant of certificate to a film or any part of it, if it is against the interests of public order, decency or morality, or involves defamation or is likely to incite the commission of any offence.
The directors and the producers of Tees Maar Khan and of Dabangg, Censor Board and the Union of India through the Secretary of Information and Broadcasting have been made respondents in the PIL. “I request the court not only to immediately ban these two songs but also to fix some kind of criminal and civil liabilities on the respondents for their wilful and malignant act,” says Thakur.
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"Thorns to Competition" amongst the top 10 best sellers of the week.
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