The Delhi High Court stayed the release of “Udaipur Files: Kanhaiya Lal Tailor Murder” following a plea by Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind challenging its CBFC certification. Producer Amit Jani and Kanhaiya Lal’s family slammed the decision, questioning how a film was stayed in three days while justice in the murder case remains pending even after three years.
The Delhi High Court on Thursday stayed the release of ‘Udaipur Files’ movie, which is based on tailor Kanhaiya Lal murder case, and scheduled to hit the screen on July 11, till the Centre decided the pleas seeking a permanent ban on the film.
A division bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Anish Dayal directed the petitioners to approach the Centre within two days with their grievance.
The petition sought a ban on the screening of the film ‘Udaipur Files: Kanhaiya Lal Tailer Murder’. It was argued that ‘the screening of this film may affect the ongoing case in the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court in Jaipur. A ban on the screening of the film is necessary for fair justice’.
In 2022, Mohammed Riyaz and Mohammed Ghaus murdered Kanhaiyalal over a post he had shared on social media supporting the then BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma’s alleged insulting remarks about the Prophet Muhammad. Some other people also collaborated in this murder. Mohammed Javed is one of these accused.
An Islamic organization called ‘Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind’ has filed petitions in three different High Courts against this film, calling it religious.
Source : Hindustan Times
