The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) Thursday told the Bombay High Court that actor and Member Parliament (MP) Kangana Ranaut's move 'Emergency' can be released after cuts suggested by the Revising Committee. .The submission was made before a bench of Justices B.P Colabawalla and Firdosh Pooniwalla by advocate Abhinav Chandrachud, who represents the CBFC. Following the submission, Senior Advocate Sharan Jagtiani, the counsel representing Zee, submitted that he would take instructions on whether the cuts should be made.The Court then adjourned the matter to next week..The Court was hearing a petition of Zee Studios, co-producers of the film, seeking the release of the censor certificate of the film. This plea followed a controversy over claims that the film misrepresents the Sikh community.In their plea, Zee Studios stated that although they were informed of the film's certification on August 29, the CBFC failed to provide a physical copy of the certificate..During the last hearing, the Court had observed that despite its order of September 4 instructing the CBFC to address objections from the Jabalpur Sikh Sangat and other concerned parties regarding the film's content, CBFC had not made a decision. After expressing concern over the failure to meet the deadline, the Court had directed the ‘Revising Committee’ to render a decision by September 25.
The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) Thursday told the Bombay High Court that actor and Member Parliament (MP) Kangana Ranaut's move 'Emergency' can be released after cuts suggested by the Revising Committee. .The submission was made before a bench of Justices B.P Colabawalla and Firdosh Pooniwalla by advocate Abhinav Chandrachud, who represents the CBFC. Following the submission, Senior Advocate Sharan Jagtiani, the counsel representing Zee, submitted that he would take instructions on whether the cuts should be made.The Court then adjourned the matter to next week..The Court was hearing a petition of Zee Studios, co-producers of the film, seeking the release of the censor certificate of the film. This plea followed a controversy over claims that the film misrepresents the Sikh community.In their plea, Zee Studios stated that although they were informed of the film's certification on August 29, the CBFC failed to provide a physical copy of the certificate..During the last hearing, the Court had observed that despite its order of September 4 instructing the CBFC to address objections from the Jabalpur Sikh Sangat and other concerned parties regarding the film's content, CBFC had not made a decision. After expressing concern over the failure to meet the deadline, the Court had directed the ‘Revising Committee’ to render a decision by September 25.