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The petitioners submitted that the film “Hamare Baarah” portrays lives of married Muslim women to have no independent rights as individuals in society owing to “Aayat 223”, a verse in the Quran which in his view is entirely wrong and a misreading of the verse.
“While fair and temperate criticism of the Court, may not be actionable, but attributing improper motives or tending to bring Judges or Courts into hatred and contempt or obstructing directly or indirectly with the functioning of Courts is serious contempt of which notice will be taken.”
“In films to address social evils, it is necessary to depict such social evils itself to bring out their consequences and the overall message of the movie and the core storyline is centered around overcoming disability.”
“There can be no doubt that the right to freedom of speech deserves to be protected in order to communicate facts which are verifiable. Such facts ought to be based on credible test reports.”
Patiala House Courts: Preeti Parewa, SCJ/CCJ/ARC, NDD, while addressing the alleged case of sexual harassment against the CEO of ScoopWhoop, wherein it