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'Peepli Live, Bandit Queen' get court notice over bad language

The petitioner had sought an immediate ban on the screening of the movies stating that they are popularising the use of abusive language.

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The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court today directed the Mumbai police commissioner to serve court notices to producers and directors of Peepli Live, Omkara, Gangaajal and Bandit Queen for alleged use of abusive language in these movies.

The order was passed by the bench comprising Justice Umanath Singh and Justice Virendra Kumar Dixit, on a petition filed by a local lawyer Ashok Pandey.

The petitioner had sought an immediate ban on the screening of the movies stating that they are popularising the use of abusive language.

The court on October 12 had issued notices against chairperson of Censor Board Sharmila Tagore, producers of Peepli Live Aamir Khan and director Anusha Rizvi, producer-director of Gangaajal Prakash Jha, producer of Omkara Kumar Mangat and director Vishal Bharadwaj, director of Bandit Queen Sandeep S Bedi and director Shekhar Kapoor.

However, none of the respondents appeared before the court after which it decided to send notices through the Mumbai police commissioner.

The court has fixed November 23 as the next date of hearing.

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