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Actors Not Responsible for Dialogues, says Delhi HC while hearing a plea against Netflix series ‘Sacred Games’

Team SoOLEGAL 17 Jul 2018 10:30am

Actors Not Responsible for Dialogues, says Delhi HC while hearing a plea against Netflix series ‘Sacred Games’

The Delhi High Court on Monday made a number of key observations while hearing a plea filed by an advocate, Nikhil Bhalla, against Netflix’s web series Sacred Games.

The plea claimed that actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui made derogatory remarks against Rajiv Gandhi in an episode of the series.

Additionally, the plea has sought directions to Netflix and the ‘Sacred Games’ producer to ensure removal of derogatory remarks made directly or indirectly against the former prime minister.

During the hearing, the Delhi HC bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Chander Shekhar first asked whether a PIL could be entertained on an issue of this nature. The bench further added that the “actors can't be held liable for the dialogues” they deliver.

The court then asked the petitioner, “Why have you made the actor as a party to the case? Can we stop a viewpoint from being aired? Should we stall such a viewpoint from being aired? Shouldn’t the viewer make up his own point?”

At this point, Netflix’s lawyer CM Lal told the HC bench that eight episodes of the series have already been aired and no new episodes would be aired.

The court then asked the petitioner, “It's already on air. What do we stop?”

Responding to the court’s questions, Bhalla’s counsel said that there two scenes in the series where the English translation of the dialogue has a different derogatory word.

Further, Bhalla’s counsel contended that, “They have modified some but need to take out these scenes. It’s a scene against a former PM for now, what happens next? Would these be the standards that are aired”.

The case will now come up for hearing on July 19.



Tagged: Delhi High Court   Netflix   Rajiv Gandhi   Sacred Games   Nawazuddin Siddiqui   Congress  
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