Supreme Court of India

Kodungallur Film Society & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2018] 12 S.C.R. 695
Bench Dipak Misra, A. M. Khanwilkar and Dr. D. Y. Chandrachud JJ.
Decided 1 October 2018

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid, we proceed to issue the following guidelines:- KODUNGALLUR FILM SOCIETY & ANR. v.

Judgment, page 37

From the headnote

Constitution of India: Art. 32 – Eruption of mob violence, protests and demonstrations acr oss the nation in the r ecent past, against cultural pr ogrammes and establishments – Resulting in damage to public and private pr operties arising out of such violence – Submission that law and or der pr oblems ar ose out of the r elease of several films, especially film Padmaavat – PIL seeking issuance of directions to the r espondents to strictly follow and implement the guidelines formulated by this Court in In Re: Destruction of Public and Private Pr operties case to pr event destr uction of public

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