Supreme Court refuses to hear the petition against Yadav ji’s love story, says it is a fiction film

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has refused to hear the petition against the Bollywood film Yadav ji ki love story. The bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Ujjal Bhuiyan, while rejecting the petition, said that the title of a film cannot be declared unconstitutional merely because it is expected to tarnish the image of a community.

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The court said in the order that we have perused the material available on record. The main complaint is that the name of the upcoming film presents the Yadav community in a wrong light in the society, hence the title should be changed. The court said that we are unable to understand how the title of the film depicts the community in a bad light. There is no adjective or word in the title that presents the Yadav community in a negative light. The apprehensions are completely baseless.

The bench, in its earlier order, has described this case as separate from the bribery Pandit case. The court said that the word “bribery” has a corrupt connotation which was giving a negative connotation to a community, whereas in this case there is no such negative connotation attached to the Yadav community. The court clarified that the reasonable restrictions under Article 19(2) of the Constitution do not apply in this case. The title of the film does not in any way portray the Yadav community in a negative or bad light. Therefore the writ petition is dismissed.

During the hearing, the counsel for the petitioner said that the film has not been released yet and if something really hurts after its release then he should be allowed to come to the court again. The court commented on this. Said to have a thick skin, this is fiction. Everything will be over in a week. Nowadays no one is going to theatre, everyone is watching on mobile.

The lawyer also argued in the court that the way the girl’s character has been shown in the film is objectionable and no woman can be promoted like this. He clarified that he is not opposing marriage between any community.

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Reiterating that it was fiction, the court referred to Bandit Queen when the lawyer said the makers were basing it on a real story. 1 The bench said that in this case also it was argued that the Gujjar community was shown in a bad light in the film, but at that time also the court had refused to interfere. Thus, the Supreme Court made it clear that the title or exhibition of a film cannot be banned merely on the ground of apprehension or sensitivity, unless the reasonable restrictions prescribed under Article 19(2) of the Constitution are clearly applied.