Dealing with a petition against the release of Sorry Teacher, Justice R. Subhash Reddy of AP High Court on Thursday directed the standing counsel for Central Board of Film Certification to place before him a CD of the Telugu film by Monday. The judge said any direction on the petition would be given only after he watches the film, and asked the producers not to release it till then.
The film was scheduled for release on Friday. Ms R. Malleswari, a government school teacher in the city, had earlier challenged the Censor Board’s decision to clear the movie, contending that its promos doing rounds on the Web contain obscenity. Urging the court to set aside the Censor Board’s decision, the petitioner’s counsel said the film violated provisions of Cinematogr-aphy Act, 1952.
Mr Mayur Reddy, counsel for the Censor Board, said ‘posters’ shown to the court by the petitioner are not part of the film and have not been certified by the Board. He also said as per the Supreme Court’s direction a film has to be seen in totality before coming to a conclusion.
Stop CID hunt, KVP kin appeals
Mr K. Raghu Rama Krishna Raju, an industrialist and relative of Rajya Sabha member K.V.P. Ramachandra Rao, on Thursday moved the AP High Court, seeking direction to the CID to withdraw the lookout notice against him in the call data case. The petitioner was accused in a case registered by the CID, on a complaint by CBI joint director V.V. Lakshm-inarayana, in the call data row. He told the court that the trial court had granted him anticipatory bail in the case.
The petitioner submitted that he was not aware of the exact purport of the notice and that he learnt about it from media reports, which have not been denied by the CID. Mr Rama Krishna Raju contended that the CID’s move to keep in force the lookout notice even after he applied to recall it following the anticipatory bail was illegal.
6 month practice for new lawyers
The Bar Council of AP on Thursday said newly enrolled advocates will be permitted to practice for six months from July 28 in view of the Bar Council of India’s resolution. The newly-enrolled advocates are required to furnish an affidavit on a prescribed proforma to the effect that they would not practice after the six-month period without passing the All India Bar Examination. If the candidates fail to pass, they would be required to seek fresh permission from the Bar Council of AP for another six months, the Council informed. Bar Council chairman Narasimha Reddy said the proforma of the affidavit was sent to all District Bar Associations.