Kuldeep Tiwari and Another v. Union of India Thru. Secy. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and 13 Others

Court No. - 1 Case :- PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 728 of 2022 Petitioner :- Kuldeep Tiwari And Another Respondent :- Union Of India Thru. Secy. Ministry Of Information And Broadcasting And 13 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ranjana Agnihotri,Sudha Sharma Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,Ashwani Kumar Singh,C.S.C.,Shailesh Kumar Srivastava,Tushar Mittal along with Case :- PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 586 of 2023 Petitioner :- Naveen Dhawan Respondent :- Union Of India Thru. Secy. Ministry Information And Broadcasting Central Secrt.New Delhi And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Prince Lenin Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,Ashwani Kumar Singh,C.S.C. along with Case :- PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 662 of 2023 Petitioner :- Hindu Front For Justice Thru. President Ranjana Agnihotri And 6 Others Respondent :- Union Of India Thru. Secy. Ministry Of Informationand Broadcasting New Delhi And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Hari Shankar Jain,Ratnesh Kant Agnihotri Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I. along with Case :- PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 676 of 2023 Petitioner :- Pradeep Agarwal Respondent :- Union Of India Thru. Secy. Ministry Information And Broadcasting Central, New Delhi And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Alok Singh Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,Alok Singh,C.S.C. Hon'ble Attau Rahman Masoodi,J. Hon'ble Om Prakash Shukla,J.

¶1Heard Ms. Ranjana Agnihotri, learned counsel for the petitioners in PIL No.728 of 2022 , Shri Ashwani Kumar Singh, learned counsel appearing for respondent nos.1 & 2 in all PILs and Shri Shailesh Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel appearing for the respondent-T-Series Entertainment Private Ltd.

¶2Shri Shailesh Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel appearing for the T-Series has placed a copy of the order dated 09.10.2023 passed by Hon'ble Apex Court in Transfer Petition(s) (Civil) No(s) 1802-1809/2023, Super Cassettes Industries Pvt. Ltd. vs. Kuldeep Tiwari & Ors. which reads as under:- "In view of the orders passed in W.P.(C) No. 713/2023 by this Court discussing the same very feature film and making comments on the merits, the film having now been released, we are of the view that all the proceedings relating to this film filed in different Courts is a futile exercise which must stand closed. Thus, we consider it appropriate to close proceedings pending before different High Courts/Courts relating to the subject matter in the issue, the film having been released pursuant to a certification of the Competent Body constituted undre the Cinematograph Act, 1952. The aforesaid puts a closure to all the different proceedings pending in different Court. The transfer petitions stand disposed of accordingly. The directions passed in the impugned order dated

28.6.2023 in SLP (C) No. 14520/2023 is set aside. The special leave petition also stands disposed of."

¶3Since the aforesaid bunch relates to the same very feature film, the order passed by the Hon'ble Apex Court has squarely covered the issue involved in the instant bunch of the writ petitions and all the writ petitions are also disposed of in terms of the order dated 09.10.2023 passed in Transfer Petition(s) (Civil) No(s) 1802-1809/2023, Super Cassettes Industries Pvt. Ltd. vs. Kuldeep Tiwari & Ors.. Order Date :- 20.11.2023 akhilesh/ High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench