The Calcutta High Court dismissed a PIL seeking orders to screen the movie The Bengal Files in West Bengal. The Court stated, “State has not imposed any ban directly or indirectly on the screening of the film.”
Today, On 25th August, Supreme Court slammed comedians over ‘insensitive jokes’ that allegedly hurt community sentiments, stressing limits on commercialised humour. The bench ordered them to issue public apologies on social media, stating clearly, “Freedom of Speech can’t apply just like that on commercial speech.”