New Delhi, Jan 28: Producers of `Black Friday`, a movie based on the 1993 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai, today moved the Supreme Court challenging a bombay high court order stopping the release of the movie.
A bench comprising Chief Justice R C Lahoti, Justice H K Sema and Justice G P Mathur after hearing the petition filed by Mid-Day Multimedia Ltd posted it for hearing on Monday.
The Mombay High Court had yesterday stayed the release of the movie scheduled for today in theatres across India on a petition filed by an accused in the serial bomb blasts case,
Mustaq Musa Tarani, alleging 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
