The Kerala High Court did not get any direction from the Supreme Court on Thursday to take up a plea against the CBFC clearance given to the movie The Kerala Story.
The movie is about some Kerala women who joined ISIS after converting to Islam. It is set to release on Friday (May 5).
Senior advocate Huzefa Ahmadi told a three-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud that the HC bench assigned to his plea did not sit on Thursday. He asked for a solution from the SC.
The bench, which also included Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala, said they did not have the plea before them and asked him to approach the HC itself. They also said that the HC had already refused to stop the release of the movie’s teaser on May 2 in another plea.
The CJI said that the HC had given a detailed interim order and they could not interfere with it. He said that the HC had considered the matter and denied interim relief. Justice Narasimha agreed and said that there was an order in place.
Ahmadi argued that his plea was different from the one in which the HC gave the interim order and asked why it could not be heard. The CJI replied that they could not entertain multiple pleas on the same issue.
The CJI said that the film producer has to deal with many difficulties. He has already faced one challenge and the bench did not agree to stop the film.
He also passed a detailed order. He asked how many times they have to face such things in the same or different courts. He said, “You should also think about the film makers.