Producers of ‘Udaipur Files’ move Supreme Court against Delhi High Court’s order

The producers of ‘Udaipur Files: Kanhaiya Lal Tailor Murder’, a film based on tailor Kanhaiya Lal’s murder in Udaipur, Rajasthan, in 2022, on Monday moved the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court’s order staying the July 11 release of the film.

A Bench led by Justice Surya Kant agreed to list it for hearing in a couple of days after senior counsel Gaurav Bhatia mentioned it for urgent hearing.

The Delhi High Court had on Thursday (July 10) stayed the July 11 release of ‘Udaipur Files’. In an interim order, a Division bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Anish Dayal ordered that the stay would remain in effect until the Central Government decided on the revision application filed by Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind against the certification granted to the film by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).

“Accordingly, we permit the petitioner to approach the Central government within two days and in case the petitioners approach the Central government, he may also make a prayer for interim measures. Once the petitioner approaches the Central government with a revision petition, the same shall be considered and decided within a period of one week after giving opportunity to the producer,” the High Court ordered.

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