The Bombay High Court has sought additional information from the Maharashtra State government, Mumbai police and the ministry of information and broadcasting in a public interest litigation (PIL) against the organizers of the All India Bakchod Knockout show, reports the Indian Express . The high court, however, allowed comedy troupe All India Bakchod to intervene in the PIL. The PIL filed by one Dr Sharmila Ghuge through her lawyer Shyam Dewani, violates Sections 292 and 294 of the Indian Penal Code (obscenity in public), Section 295-A of the IPC (hurting religious sentiments). The PIL further alleges that the use of smutty and vulgar gestures during the show and indecorous and undignified remarks on women with reference to rape violates Section 23 of the Indecent Representation of Women’s Act. All India Bakchod members Tanmay Bhat, Gurusimran Khamba, Rohan Joshi and Ashish Shakya through their lawyer Mahesh Jethmalani have sought a dismissal of the PIL as it affects their livelihood directly and violates their fundamental rights. They also argued that the PIL approached the court directly and did not register a complaint with any government arm or police. It's worth noting that All India Bakchod has already issued an apology to the Archdiocese of Bombay for offending the sentiments of the Christian community. Earlier last week a first information report (FIR) in Pune named YouTube and actors Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Sonakshi Sinha and director Karan Johar among others for distributing the controversial video. The FIR has been filed under…
