High Court Stays Release Of 'Udaipur Files', Asks Centre To Take A Call
The film is based on the gruesome murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal, who was beheaded in Udaipur in 2022 and the petitioners - Maulana Arshad Madani, President of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind, and journalist Prashant Tondon = had sought a permanent ban on its release, arguing that it promotes hate speech, targets a community and could incite communal tension.
During the over five-hour hearing on Thursday, a division bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Anish Dayal asked the Centre to take a call on the petition and decide, within a week, whether the film should be released.
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