{"id":89624,"date":"2019-04-26T15:33:48","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T10:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=4180"},"modified":"2019-04-26T15:33:48","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T10:03:48","slug":"sc-refuses-to-interfere-with-ec-order-staying-release-of-pm-narendra-modi-biopic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sc-refuses-to-interfere-with-ec-order-staying-release-of-pm-narendra-modi-biopic\/","title":{"rendered":"SC refuses to interfere with EC order staying release of \u2018PM Narendra Modi\u2019 biopic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Supreme Court has dismissed the plea seeking\nthe release of \u2018PM Narendra Modi\u2019 a biopic on the Prime Minister. <\/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><li>The producers of the film had challenged the\nElection Commission\u2019s decision to stop the release despite getting clearance\nfrom the Central Board for Film Certification (CBFC). Following the plea, the\nSC had directed the EC to re-examine its earlier order and take an informed\ndecision on the stay.<\/li><li>Recently, the Election Commission submitted a\nreport to SC where it stood by its decision to defer the release of the PM\nNarendra Modi biopic. The EC had contended that the film is a hagiography. &nbsp;The film has treated the subject with undue\nreverence, and its public screening during poll campaign would tilt the\nelectoral balance. <\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court has dismissed the plea seeking the release of \u2018PM Narendra Modi\u2019 a biopic on the Prime Minister. The EC had deferred the release of the biopic till the elections are over arguing that displaying material that promotes a political figure would go against the core principle of the Model Code of Conduct&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sc-refuses-to-interfere-with-ec-order-staying-release-of-pm-narendra-modi-biopic\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SC refuses to interfere with EC order staying release of \u2018PM Narendra Modi\u2019 biopic<\/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-89624","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":1700779324,"cached_date":1704709419},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89624","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=89624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89624\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}