Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 595 · Decided 1 May 1996
Bobby Art International v. Om Pal Singh Hoon and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 595 · [1996] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 136
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7522/1996
- Decided
- 1 May 1996
- Bench
- A.M. AHMADI, S.P. BHARUCHA, B.N. KIRPAL (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
Cinematograph Act, .1952 : Section 5-B. Filmr;-Certification of-Held : Test is Film scenes should advance the C message which the film intends to convey-A film that depicts consequences of social evil can show the social evil itself which must be sufficient for the purpose of the film-Guidelines not be read as a statute-Guidelines require that human sensibilities are not offended by vulgarity, obscenity or depravity, degrading or denigrating women-Ulhere the theme of the film is to D condemn rape and degradation of and violence upon women, scenes of nudity and rape and use of
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