Delhi HC directs Udaipur Files screening for petitioners

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued a stay on the release of the Hindi film Udaipur Files, which is reportedly based on the 2022 killing of tailor Kanhaiya Lal, till the Union government makes a decision about its contents, Bar and Bench reported.

This came a day after the Supreme Court refused to urgently hear a petition seeking to stop the release of the film. Udaipur Files was scheduled to release in theatres on Friday.

A High Court bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Anish Dayal directed the Union government to exercise its revisional powers under Section 6 of the Cinematograph Act to examine the film, Bar and Bench reported.