Supreme Court of India
Shankar Video and Anr. v. The State of Maharashtra and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
For the reasons mentioned above we are unable to endorse the view of the High Court that exhibition of moving pictures given by means of VCR/VCP and a video projector does not fall within the ambit of the definition of 'video-cinema' contained in Rule 2(f- 6) of the Rules.
Judgment, page 16
From the headnote
Cinematograph Act, 1952/Bombay Cinema (Regulations) Act, 1953/Maharashtra Cinema (Regulation) Rules, 1966 (as amended in 1987): S.2(c)/ss.2(a), 9/44.2.(c), 2([-6), Chapter Ill- , rr.24- -24-I, 24- J-!'Video Cinema''-Video projector used to exhibit pre-recorded movies on video cassettes with aid of VCRJVCP on a wide screen or wall fall within the ambit of "video cinema" as defined in r.2([-6}-Exhibition of moving pictures with aid of video projector amounts to giving such exhibition through the medium of television. Word 1 'Television 11 in expression 'through the medium of television 11 in
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