{"id":89619,"date":"2019-04-24T15:24:36","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T09:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=4094"},"modified":"2019-04-24T15:24:36","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T09:54:36","slug":"releasing-modi-biopic-now-will-tilt-balance-ec-tells-sc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/releasing-modi-biopic-now-will-tilt-balance-ec-tells-sc\/","title":{"rendered":"Releasing Modi biopic now will tilt balance: EC tells SC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Election Commission (EC) has stood by its\ndecision to defer the release of the PM Narendra Modi biopic until the last\nphase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 19. The EC has observed that the\ncontent and dramatization of character in the movie was such that screening of\nthe movie before polls would &#8220;tilt the electoral balance of the particular\npolitical party\u201d.<\/li><li>The Supreme Court had directed the EC to\nre-examine its earlier order and take an informed decision on stay on the\nrelease of the biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi after watching the entire\nmovie.<\/li><li>This came after the producers of the film challenged\nthe EC&#8217;s decision to stop the release despite getting clearance from the\nCentral Board for Film Certification (CBFC). They had alleged that the stay\nviolated their fundamental right to free speech and expression as guaranteed by\nArticle 19 (1) (a) of the Indian constitution.<\/li><li>The EC had deferred the release of the biopic\ntill the elections are over arguing that displaying material that promotes a\npolitical figure would go against the core principle of the Model Code of\nConduct of creating a level-playing field for elections.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Election Commission (EC) has stood by its decision to defer the release of the PM Narendra Modi biopic until the last phase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 19. The EC has observed that the content and dramatization of character in the movie was such that screening of the movie before polls would&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/releasing-modi-biopic-now-will-tilt-balance-ec-tells-sc\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Releasing Modi biopic now will tilt balance: EC tells SC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1234],"tags":[6278],"class_list":["post-89619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-polity-current-affairs","tag-modi-biopic","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704364629},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89619\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}