Update 3, 5pm: Update 3, 5pm: Pooja Mahajan, the Delhi based designer has filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court against Delhi High Court’s judgement that dismissed its PIL seeking the suspension of the release of the film The Accidental Prime Minister along with a ban on the trailer. The producers of the film have not been named as a respondent in the matter. Elaborating on why they excluded the producers and makers of the film as respondents, Arun Maitri, the petitioner’s advocate, told MediaNama, “At present they are not required. Matter is of non-compliance of statutory provisions. Matter is regarding the overall impact of trailer & film on public at large. Read the SLP here. [embeddoc url="https://www.medianama.com/wp-content/uploads/SLP-Accidental-PM-.pdf" download="all"] Update 2, 2pm: The matter was earlier listed to be heard by the bench of Justice S Muralidhar and Justice Sanjeev Narula, but was transferred to the bench headed by Chief Justice Menon this morning. During the hearing, the producers of the film, represented by Advocate Sangram Patnaik, objected to the petition saying they were not made a party to the PIL and that the Court’s order can affect them adversely. Talking to MediaNama, the advocate Arun Maitri representing the petitioner said, that they would go to the Supreme Court against the Delhi HC dismissal. Note that earlier on January 7, a single judge bench of the Delhi High Court dismissed the writ petition by Mahajan and asked her to file a PIL, as it was considered a matter…
