Ashok Kumar Pandey vs The State Of West Bengal on 18 November, 2003
8. This Court may mention that previously in a Public Interest
Litigation, some other individuals had challenged the title of another film
Dhobi Ghat. This Court by a detailed order in Vinod Kumar Kanojia Vs.
UOI & Ors. (in W.P.(C) No.6302/2010) after referring to the judgment of
the Supreme Court in Ashok Kumar Pandey Vs. State of West Bengal,
(2004) 3 SCC 349 had held that "the present litigation, styled as a public
interest litigation, has been initiated just to satisfy one's own egoism or
megalomania. It is to be borne in mind that a public cause is required to be
espoused in a public interest litigation. It must have some kind of nexus with
the public interest. We are not oblivious of the fact that if the Censor Board
grants a certificate in violation of the Act, Rules, Regulations and the
Guidelines, the same can be assailed in a court of law regard being had to
the other provisions but definitely christening of a movie as "Dhobi Ghat"