Supreme Court Junks Plea For Deletion Of Some Scenes In Padmaavat

The Supreme Court on Monday said a time comes when one must rest the cause one is fighting for as it rejected a petition seeking to delete some of the controversial scenes from Bollywood film Padmaavat.

“A point has come… you must leave this cause,” Chief Justice Dipak Misra told advocate M.L. Sharma who was arguing for deletion of scenes which were not “conducive to harmony” in society.

Petitioner Sharma said that on November 20, 2017, the court had struck off six paragraphs of his petition as it felt that they were not conducive to harmony in society.

“This (the deletion of six paragraphs from the petition) does not mean that it can’t be used anywhere,” said the bench, also comprising Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud.