The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday said it would watch a Haryanvi song "Court Me Goli" to examine allegations that it targets the judiciary [Umakant Rajaram Chauhan vs VATS Records through owner Pawan Sharma]..A bench of Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Aniruddha Mayee was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) plea filed by one Umakant Chauhan, who took exception to the song which was uploaded on YouTube in December 2022.Appearing for the petitioner, advocate Kuldip Solanki told the bench that the song attempts to portray criminals as being above the judiciary of the country."The song shows a criminal, who is presented before the court and he shoots a witness in front of the judge. It directly targets the judiciary. They want to show that criminals are above the Indian judicial system," Solanki argued..The judges sought to know the exact line that Solanki found objectionable. "Only one line wherein the criminal says -bhari court me b goli marange, meri jaan, matha judge ka b avange paseene dekhiye (Translation: Will fire shots in a jampacked court even the judge will be scared and sweat)," the lawyer replied..The song also shows a visualisation of this line, the advocate added, highlighting the fact that there have been several such instances in courts across the country..Having heard the brief submissions, the bench said it would watch the song first before taking a decision."Let us first watch the song and only then we can say or decide something in this matter. Post it after a week," Chief Justice Agarwal said.The matter will be heard next week.
The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday said it would watch a Haryanvi song "Court Me Goli" to examine allegations that it targets the judiciary [Umakant Rajaram Chauhan vs VATS Records through owner Pawan Sharma]..A bench of Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Aniruddha Mayee was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) plea filed by one Umakant Chauhan, who took exception to the song which was uploaded on YouTube in December 2022.Appearing for the petitioner, advocate Kuldip Solanki told the bench that the song attempts to portray criminals as being above the judiciary of the country."The song shows a criminal, who is presented before the court and he shoots a witness in front of the judge. It directly targets the judiciary. They want to show that criminals are above the Indian judicial system," Solanki argued..The judges sought to know the exact line that Solanki found objectionable. "Only one line wherein the criminal says -bhari court me b goli marange, meri jaan, matha judge ka b avange paseene dekhiye (Translation: Will fire shots in a jampacked court even the judge will be scared and sweat)," the lawyer replied..The song also shows a visualisation of this line, the advocate added, highlighting the fact that there have been several such instances in courts across the country..Having heard the brief submissions, the bench said it would watch the song first before taking a decision."Let us first watch the song and only then we can say or decide something in this matter. Post it after a week," Chief Justice Agarwal said.The matter will be heard next week.