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Supreme Court Rejects Plea to Block or Rename 'Yadav Ji Ki Love Story'

The bench found no constitutional basis for a pre-release curb under Article 19(2).

Overview

  • A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan dismissed the writ, holding the title does not portray the Yadav community in a bad light.
  • The Court said the film’s name contains no negative adjective or expression and called the petitioner’s apprehensions wholly unfounded.
  • Distinguishing its earlier intervention over the film titled 'Ghooskhor Pandat,' the bench noted that case involved an explicitly derogatory term, unlike here.
  • Treating the movie as fiction, the judges declined speculative pre-release censorship and indicated the petitioner could seek remedies after public exhibition if specific content causes hurt.
  • 'Yadav Ji Ki Love Story' remains set for a nationwide theatrical release on February 27, as local protests and calls for CBFC re-examination continue, including demonstrations in Bharuch, Gujarat.