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From: "Digant Oza" <satyajeet1@icenet.net> Date: Fri Apr 9, 2004 0:27pm Subject: Fwd: Judgment on Aakrosh says analyzing riots is important. Press Release Judgment on Aakrosh says analyzing riots is important. In a hard-hitting judgment delivered while clear the release of Ramesh Pimple's documentary film on Gujarat riots Aakrosh, the Bombay High Court said that analyzing riots was important after things return to normalcy. Criticizing the Central Board of Film Certification tribunal's observation that "riots are now history"and hence needed to forgotten, Justice AP Shah and SC Dharmadhikari observed: "It is when the hour of conflict is over it may be necessary to understand and analyze the reason for strife. We should not forget that the present state of things is the consequence of the past; and it is natural to inquire as to the sources of the good we enjoy or for the evils we suffer." Interestingly, this is the first judgment relating to issue arising out of the Gujarat riots of 2002. The order noted: "We have viewed the film from point of view of an average man and we feel that the tribunal was not right in observing that the movie would incite people and would lead to further violence. It is not correct to say that average people will not learn their mistakes of the past and perhaps will not commit same mistake again. The documentary creates an impression of the message of peace and co-existence and compassion for the people who suffered in the riots. Therefore in our opinion, the decision of the tribunal as well as the decisions of the Examining committee and Revising Committee cannot be sustained." The court also criticized the Censor Board by saying "The petitioner to his credit has completely avoided sensationalism and excitement. He has sincerely tried to portray the sufferings of the riot-affected persons. Message of movie is a message of unity and peace and judged in its entirely we are unable to hold that the exhibition of the film would lead to communal violence." The judgment delivered on March 3, 2003 by Justice AP Shah and SC Dharmadhikari of the Bombay High Court in writ petition no. 2864 / 2003 directed censor board to give a clearance certificate within 12 weeks. For more details contact People's Media Initiative B-104, Accord, 2ND Cross Lane, Lokhandwala Complex, Andheri (W), Mumbai- 400053 M - 98211 0929 |
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