Following the controversy surrounding Manoj Bajpayee’s Ghooskhor Pandat, another film, Yadav Ji Ki Love Story, has come under scrutiny due to its title. The chief of the Vishwa Yadav Parishad (VHP) had approached the Supreme Court, seeking a ban on the film unless its title was changed. However, the apex court refused to halt the film’s release, calling it a work of fiction.
SC Dismisses Ban Petition on Yadav Ji Ki Love Story
A bench comprising Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan dismissed the petition, in which the VHP chief argued that the film Yadav Ji Ki Love Story portrayed the Yadav community in a negative light and raised concerns over the depiction of a female character.
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The court clarified that the film’s title ‘ Yadav Ji Ki Love Story ‘does not defame or malign the community in any way. “We fail to understand how the title of a film can reflect the community negatively. The title contains no adjective or term that portrays the Yadav community in a bad light,” the bench observed.
Referring to the earlier Ghooskhor Pandat case, the Supreme Court noted that the term ‘ghooskhor’ (meaning ‘corrupt’) carried a negative connotation, which was not the case here. “In this instance, no negativity is attached to the Yadav community in the Yadav Ji Ki Love Story film. None of the reasonable restrictions under Article 19(2) of the Constitution apply. The petition is accordingly dismissed,” the court ruled.