Delhi HC refuses to plea seeking ban on trailer of 'Accidental Prime Minister'

Justice Vibhu Bakhru disposed of the plea which was filed by the petitioner in her personal capacity.

Update: 2019-01-07 07:06 GMT
The trailer of the movie, 'The Accidental Prime Minister' shows former prime minister Manmohan Singh as a victim of the Congress' internal politics ahead of the 2014 general elections. (Photo: Twitter | @TAPMofficial)

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking to suspend the trailer of the upcoming movie "The Accidental Prime Minister" and asked the petitioner to file it as a public interest litigation.

Justice Vibhu Bakhru disposed of the plea which was filed by the petitioner in her personal capacity. The judge made it clear that it has not examined the controversy raised in the plea.

The plea alleged that provisions of the Cinematograph Act are being misused and the film producer has released the trailer affecting, harming the image of the office of the prime minister and giving a bad name at the national and international level.

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