Supreme Court of India

Kodungallur Film Society & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors.

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Bench Dipak Misra, A. M. Khanwilkar and Dr. D. Y. Chandrachud JJ.
Decided 1 October 2018

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid, we proceed to issue the following guidelines:- KODUNGALLUR FILM SOCIETY & ANR. v.

Judgment, page 37

From the headnote

Constitution of India: Art. 32 – Eruption of mob violence, protests and demonstrations across the nation in the recent past, against cultural programmes and establishments – Resulting in damage to public and private properties arising out of such violence – Submission that law and order problems arose out of the release of several films, especially film Padmaavat – PIL seeking issuance of directions to the respondents to strictly follow and implement the guidelines formulated by this Court in In Re: Destruction of Public and Private Properties case to prevent destruction of public and private…

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