New Delhi: Refusing to entertain Bollywood director Ram Gopal Verma's petition against a Censor Board ruling on a controversial song in his forthcoming film "Rann", the Supreme Court has said that nobody has got the right to tinker with the national anthem.
"We have read it. It gives a total negative sense. It seems every line of national anthem has been proved wrong. Nobody has got a right to tinker with the national anthem," a Vacation Bench of Justices V S Sirpurkar and R M Lodha said.
The Bench made the observation while declining to quash the order passed by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) on May 8 directing Verma to delete certain "objectionable" references made to the national anthem in "Rann."
The apex court then directed the appellate tribunal to dispose off Verma's petition within a month as and when it is filed.
"The film violates guidelines 2(xix) of the section 5B 2 of the Cinematograph Act, 1952 and further violates the Rules/Orders relating to the National Anthem of India as given in the Prevention of Insult to National Honour act, 1971," it said.
In his petition, the film director submitted that a large number of political parties, including Indian National Congress and its offshoots including Trinamool Congress and Nationalist Congress Party, have party flags which are similar to national flag with a variation in the symbol at the center.
"We have read it. It gives a total negative sense. It seems every line of national anthem has been proved wrong. Nobody has got a right to tinker with the national anthem," a Vacation Bench of Justices V S Sirpurkar and R M Lodha said.
The Bench made the observation while declining to quash the order passed by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) on May 8 directing Verma to delete certain "objectionable" references made to the national anthem in "Rann."
The apex court then directed the appellate tribunal to dispose off Verma's petition within a month as and when it is filed.
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"The film violates guidelines 2(xix) of the section 5B 2 of the Cinematograph Act, 1952 and further violates the Rules/Orders relating to the National Anthem of India as given in the Prevention of Insult to National Honour act, 1971," it said.
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In his petition, the film director submitted that a large number of political parties, including Indian National Congress and its offshoots including Trinamool Congress and Nationalist Congress Party, have party flags which are similar to national flag with a variation in the symbol at the center.
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