Kangana Ranaut says Bombay HC ‘blasted CBFC’ for illegally withholding certificate for ‘Emergency’ | Hindi Movie News Filmymeet

Kangana Ranaut has reacted strongly to Bombay High Court‘s order on her plea regarding the Central Board of Film Certification not issuing the certificate for ‘Emergency‘. In their plea, the makers of ‘Emergency’ urged that the CBFC should issue a certificate, but the bench refrained from ruling due to the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s directive for the CBFC to address objections before granting certification.Reacting to a post about the order by Live Law, Kangana posted on X (formerly Twitter), “High court has blasted censor for illegally withholding the certificate of #emergency.”

The division bench of Justices B P Colabawalla and Firdosh Pooniwalla, stated in their order, as quoted by Live Law, “Mr Dhond for the makers of the film, submitted that the MP High Court hasn’t gone into the issue of whether the certificate has been issued or not. Thus, there will be no impediment for this Court to direct the CBFC to issue the certificate. Though there may be some substance in the argument but we are unable to pass this direction in light of the fact that the MP High Court has specifically directed the CBFC to consider the representations of the Jabalpur Sikh Sangat before certifying the film. If we were to direct the CBFC to issue the certificate, we would have breached the division bench’s directive. Judicial Propriety demands such orders ought not be passed. We therefore, are unable to direct the CBFC to issue the certificate as sought by the petitioner. We however, do not dispose of the present petition. And we direct the CBFC to consider the objections, if any.”
‘Emergency’ was all set to hit the screens on September 6, but with no censor certificate, the film is facing ambiguity over its release. The film has been facing objection from Sikh organisations for alleged misrepresentation of facts.