India\u2019s Supreme Court Thursday overturned a ban on a Bollywood film imposed by four states ahead of its country-wide release later this month.<\/p>\n
The ban on Padmaavat was imposed by the western states of Rajasthan and Gujarat as well as northern state of Haryana and central state of Madhya Pradesh, citing law and order problems after protests by the Rajput community.<\/p>\n
A three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, did strike down the ban after the producers of the film approached the court.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe direct that there shall be a stay of operation on the notification and orders issued and we also restrain other states from issuing such notifications or orders in this matter,\u201d the court ruled, adding that the states \u201care obliged\u201d to maintain law and order.<\/p>\n
Commenting on the Supreme Court order, Rajasthan\u2019s Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria said: \u201cThe state government will abide by court\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe respect the court\u2019s decision. Everyone in the country abides by the Supreme Court.\u201d<\/p>\n
The film has already been cleared by India\u2019s Central Board of Film Certification.<\/p>\n
It will hit theatres across India soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
India\u2019s Supreme Court Thursday overturned a ban on a Bollywood film imposed by four states ahead of its country-wide release later this month. The ban on Padmaavat was imposed by the western states of Rajasthan and Gujarat as well as northern state of Haryana and central state of Madhya Pradesh, citing law and order problems […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":77705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,11,2],"tags":[41847,41845,41846,41848],"yoast_head":"\n