Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 410 · Decided 11 April 2007
Directorate of Film Festivals and ORS. v. Gaurav Ashwin Jain and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 410 · [2007] 5 S.C.R. 7
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1892/2007
- Decided
- 11 April 2007
- Bench
- TARUN CHATTERJEE, R.V. RAVEENDRAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 19(J)(a), 19(2), 19(1Xa), 19(1)(a), 19(l)(a)
Headnote
OF FILM FESTIVALS AND ORS. A - ' v. GA URA V ASHWIN JAIN AND ORS. APRIL 11, 2007 [TARUNCHATTERJEEANDR.V.RAVEENDRAN,JJ.] B Constitution of India-Article 14 & 19(J)(a)---Cinematograph Act, \_ 19S2-Sections 4, SA, SB & 9-Regulations providing requirement of certification of films by makers challenging the requirement of certification was allowed by High Court-Correctness of-Held, Government's policy to restrict entry for National Film Awards only to those films certified by the Board for public exhibition is a reasonable restriction under Article 19(2) of the Constitution D
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