Stay on PM biopic: Supreme Court agrees to hear Congress leader's plea on April 8
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday agreed to hear on April 8 a Congress leader's plea seeking stay on release of a biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
A bench headed by Justice S A Bobde said it will hear the plea on Monday.
Senior advocate A M Singhvi, appearing for petitioner advocate Aman Panwar, spokesperson of the Congress, said two high courts have refused to interfere with the release of the movie starring Vivek Oberoi.
He submitted that the release of the movie may affect free and fair election as mandated in the Constitution.
Singhvi said the movie was slated to be released on April 5 but there were some media reports Thursday which said the release has been deferred by a few days.
The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court had on Wednesday rejected a plea seeking ban on the release of the movie, 'PM Narendra Modi'.
The Bombay High Court had also on Monday disposed of a plea seeking deferment of the release of the biopic, saying the Election Commission will deal with the issue.
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Sunetra Pawar urges supporters to avoid celebrations amid big lead in Baramati
Baramati: NCP leader Sunetra Pawar, who is leading by a margin of over 70,000 votes in the Baramati bypoll, has appealed to her supporters to refrain from holding victory celebrations.
Even as counting trends show a strong lead in her favour, Pawar urged party workers and supporters to avoid rallies or public celebrations.
Counting of votes is still in progress, and the final result is awaited.
