New Delhi, Jan 31: The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition filed by producer of the controversial movie `Black Friday`, which narrates the 1993 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai, challenging a Bombay High Court order staying the release of the film scheduled for last Friday.
The court, while dismissing the petition filed by Mid-Day Multimedia Ltd, said the High Court had given an interim stay till February 03 and that the petitioner should approach the High Court for appropriate relief.
The Bombay High Court had stayed the release of the movie on a petition filed by an accused in the serial bomb blasts case, Mustaq Musa Tarani, who alleged that the movie would create a bias against him and other accused in the mind of public.
The movie was based on a book of the same name published in December 2002, copyright of which was bought by mid-day multimedia.
The film was given censorship certificate on the condition that the makers would insert a disclaimer right at the beginning of the screening of the movie that it was based on a book and did not impute any innocence or guilt on any of the personalities depicted in the film, counsel for petitioner Nikhil Nayar told reporters.
On the petition by 33 accused in the case challenging the release of the movie before the designated Tada court at Mumbai, the producers had given an undertaking to remove the words `true story` from the title of the film.
However, not satisfied with the order of the Tada court allowing release of the movie recording the undertaking, the accused had moved the High Court, which stayed the release of the movie.
Bureau Report
