Jolly LLB 2 dispute reaches Supreme court, will be heard on Friday

The makers of the film Jolly LLB 2 have approached the Supreme Court against a decision of the Bombay High Court, which had directed a three-member committee to watch the movie and submit a report..The matter was mentioned by Senior Advocate AM Singhvi before a Bench of Chief Justice JS Khehar and Justices NV Ramana and DY Chandrachud, which agreed to hear the case on Friday this week..The case is a result of the petition filed by Ajaykumar Waghmare in the Bombay High Court. Waghmare had moved the High Court alleging that scenes in the movie depict the Judiciary and the legal professional in bad light..He had contended that he had watched the promos and trailers of the movie and it contained scenes depicting lawyers playing cards on court premises and a judge hiding under the dais to evade objects being hurled in the court..He had prayed that the word ‘LLB’ be dropped from the title of the movie and the scenes depicting the profession in bad light be deleted..The High Court had observed that though above scenes prima facie indicated disrespect and disregard to the Court, the scenes should be examined in the proper perspective and context before reaching any conclusion..The Court had therefore, constituted a three member committee comprising advocates VJ Dixit and RN Dhord, along with medical officer Dr. PR Kanade to watch Jolly LLB 2 on February 1 and submit a report to the Court..This order has now been challenged in the Supreme Court by Fox Star Studios..This is not the first time in recent history that films have been the subject of scrutiny in the courts. In June last year, the makers of Udta Punjab had approached the Bombay High Court challenging the cuts made to the film by the CBFC..A similar challenge was seen a weeks later, when the makers of Malayalam film Kathakali moved the Kerala High Court..Image taken from here.