Overview

• The Supreme Court refused an urgent hearing on Mohammed Javed’s plea to delay the film’s release and asked petitioners to reapply after the bench resumes on July 14.
• A Delhi High Court division bench ordered producers to arrange a private screening of the censored film for petitioners contesting its release.
• The CBFC told the court that objectionable scenes had been excised from the final cut before granting certification.
• Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind and Raza Academy argue that the film’s trailer portrays Deoband as extremist and references sensitive issues like the Gyanvapi Mosque, risking communal tensions.
• Directed by Bharat S Shrinate and starring Vijay Raaz, ‘Udaipur Files’ dramatizes the 2022 murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal, with the trial still pending in a Special NIA Court in Jaipur.