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1 - 10 of 11 (0.29 seconds)Section 3 in The Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 [Entire Act]
Section 6 in The Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 [Entire Act]
Section 3 in The Cinematograph Act, 1952 [Entire Act]
The Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986
Section 5A in The Cinematograph Act, 1952 [Entire Act]
Section 6 in The Cinematograph Act, 1952 [Entire Act]
Section 9 in The Cinematograph Act, 1952 [Entire Act]
Section 4 in The Cinematograph Act, 1952 [Entire Act]
Raj Kapoor And Ors vs State And Others on 26 October, 1979
The law elicited in the above decision shows that the Film
Censor Board, acting under Section 5A of the
Cinematographic Act 1952 entrusted to protect the silver
screen pictures which offensively invade into public morals
through over-sex. Both sides agreed that a certificate issued
by a high-powered Board of Censors with specialized
composition and statutory command is not a piece of utter
illogical. It is relevant that its decision is important and not
infallible in its verdict. Even then the Court is not barred
from trying the case because the certificate is not conclusive.
However, the magistrate shall not brush aside opinion what
another tribunal has for similar purpose, found. Even if a
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rebuttable presumption may arise in favour of the statutory
certificate that could be negatived only with positive
evidence. The recognition of moral standard by a statutory
authority is not an opinion evidence but an action in which
the fact in issue has been asserted, recognised or affirmed by
that body. If that be the position, the proviso provided u/s.4