PIL Moved In Allahabad High Court Seeking A Stay On 'Why I killed Gandhi' Movie Streaming
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea has been moved in the Allahabad High Court seeking a stay on the streaming of the short film 'Why I killed Gandhi'. The plea contends that the display of the film may disturb the communal harmony of Uttar Pradesh amid the ongoing assembly elections.The plea has been moved by Rehan Alam Khan and Himanshu Gupta and it goes on to submit that the Movie,...
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea has been moved in the Allahabad High Court seeking a stay on the streaming of the short film 'Why I killed Gandhi'. The plea contends that the display of the film may disturb the communal harmony of Uttar Pradesh amid the ongoing assembly elections.
The plea has been moved by Rehan Alam Khan and Himanshu Gupta and it goes on to submit that the Movie, which was released on January 30th [the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi] on the OTT platform Limelight, tarnishes the image of the Father of the Nation and also disturbs the peace and social harmony of the Indian Society.
The plea, moved through Advocate Krishan Kanhaya Pal, also contends that the dialogues of the Movie are highly objectionable and serious in nature, and it further avers that by the dialogues, contents, and misguiding story of the movie, the image of Bapu is being tarnished.
The plea also states that the Assembly Elections in the State are being affected due to Lucknowthe streaming of the movie. Therefore, the plea seeks a direction of the Court to stay the streaming of the movie.
In related news, on January 31, 2022, the Supreme Court had refused to entertain a writ petition seeking a stay on the streaming of the movie "Why I killed Gandhi" which was set to release on the OTT platform 'Limelight' on 30th January, Mahatma Gandhi's death anniversary.
The bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and JK Maheshwari while granting liberty to the petitioner to approach the High Court in their order said,
"Writ petition under Art 32 may only be filed when there is a question of violation of Fundamental Right. No Fundamental Right of the petitioner appears to have been violated. However it appears that the petitioner is a citizen and may have a serious cause of concern. Petitioner is at liberty to approach the High Court under Art 226. This petition is not entertained."
Case title - Rehan Alam Khan and Another v. Union of India and others