GautiMaan Posted July 18, 2012 Posted July 18, 2012 http://www.cricketcountry.com/cricket-articles/HC-notice-to-BCCI-Bollywood-stars-on-obscene-IPL-opening-ceremony/16363 Madurai: Jul 18, 2012 A High Court in India's southern Tamil Nadu state on Wednesday ordered notice to Indian cricket board chief N Srinivasan, American pop star Katy Perry, Bollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor on a petition regarding alleged "uncensored and indecent" dance programmes during the IPL-V inaugural show in state capital Chennai in April. Justice A Selvam also ordered notice to Australian cricketer and Chennai Super Kings member Douglas Bolinger, Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra, Indian Premier League chairman Rajeev Shukla and a Sony Set Max TV official. Petitioner K Jebakumar, an advocate, alleged that the entire IPL inaugural show, held at the YMCA grounds in Chennai on April 3 and attended by women and children also, was "obscene and lascivious, appealing to prurient interest." He sought a direction to the state Director General of Police to register a case on the basis of his complaint and take further action in accordance with law. He claimed the inaugural programme was telecast live uncensored by the channel, Sony Set Max TV, for BCCI and IPL. Photographs and video clippings of the show were published/telecast by newspapers and TV channels causing distraction to students who were taking examinations at that time, he contended. The petitioner submitted the celebrities and dignitaries had committed offences under various IPC sections and also acts such as Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, Young Persons Harmful Publications Act, Foreigners Act. When the petition came up for hearing, petitioner's counsel Peter Ramesh Kumar said despite a complaint lodged by his client with Inspectors General of Police (IGPs) of Central and South Zone, no action had been taken on it. "Why this inaction? (On the complaint filed by the petitioner)?" the Judge asked and posted the case to July 31. (PTI) :rofl:
DomainK Posted July 18, 2012 Posted July 18, 2012 Invaluable court time wasted yet again on a frivolous case while millions of poor Indians have been awaiting for years for justice.
Mariyam Posted July 19, 2012 Posted July 19, 2012 The HC is right. Having Rajiv Shukla groove on stage was indeed very obscene.
chanakya Posted July 19, 2012 Posted July 19, 2012 well that should teach the BCCI to hold the ceremony in Tamil Nadu... The state is hilarious
DomainK Posted July 19, 2012 Posted July 19, 2012 well that should teach the BCCI to hold the ceremony in Tamil Nadu... The state is hilarious AFAIK, the ceremony does not have to be held in the state for some lunatic attention seeker to file a case in the state high court and the judge to accept the case as well as summon the celebrities named. Frivolous cases against celebrities have become a trend. Just about anyone stands up and files a case against a celebrity for 15 minuted for fame and the courts also issue a summon to the celebrities to come and attend. If I remember correctly, there was a guy who once sued an actress claiming that she was his wife, lost the case, then sued another actress with the same claim and continued like that till some court punished him for wasting the court's time. Every now and then someone gets offended by obscenity in a movie and sues some actress. The Supreme Court, on one occasion even advised the lower courts to reject such baseless cases, but who listens?
velu Posted July 19, 2012 Posted July 19, 2012 what is next ?? .. katty perry will get a summon :dontknow:
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