MP court slaps notice on Kangana, Centre
JABALPUR: The Madhya Pradesh high court on Monday issued notices to actor Kangana Ranaut, the Centre, censor board on a PIL challenging the screening of her upcoming Hindi film ‘Emergency’ on the ground it contains scenes that violate fundamental rights of Sikhs.
The public interest litigation (PIL) has stated that ‘Emergency’ features scenes which violate fundamental rights of the Sikh community and sought an unconditional apology from the actor-politician, who plays the lead role in the movie, and other respondents.
The BJP MP from Mandi portrays former prime minister Indira Gandhi in the film scheduled for release on September 6.
A division bench comprising acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and justice Vinay Saraf issued the notices, returnable in 24 hours, to respondents during preliminary hearing on the PIL filed by two Sikh organisations.
The court ordered sending of the notices through electronic mode to respondents and added it is returnable (with their replies on issues raised in the plea) by September 3, the petitioners’ counsel, NS Ruprah, told PTI over the phone. The court fixed the next date of hearing on Tuesday (Sept 3).
The Punjab unit of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday asked Kangana to provide evidence for her allegations that women were raped during the farmers’ stir or resign from the Lok Sabha. Addressing a joint press conference, AAP legislators Jeevan Jyot Kaur, Amandeep Kaur Arora and state women wing president Preeti Malhotra accused Kangana of making deliberate statements to defame the farmers and women of Punjab. HTC&PTI