INDIAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND CENSORSHIP IN INDIA THROUGH THE MOVIE “COURT”

AUTHOR – RUPIKA GOUNDLA, STUDENT AT O.P JINDAL GLOBAL UNIVERSITY, SONIPAT

BEST CITATION – RUPIKA GOUNDLA, INDIAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND CENSORSHIP IN INDIA THROUGH THE MOVIE “COURT”, ILE WEEKLY REVIEW (ILE WR), 1 (6) OF 2023, PG. 26-29, APIS – 3920 – 0037 | ISBN – 978-81-964391-3-2.

Abstract

An analysis of prejudices that exist in the Indian judicial system and how creative expression of political views like through the means of folk songs and others are made through the means of the movie court in this paper. The movie court is a perfect example showing the biases that exist in the society and judiciary system in India. The movie also depicts how society and instruments of governance like police become hindrance for the people who are discriminated express their pain and agony. The views of the people who are discriminated in the society like Dalits are censored in the name of maintaining peace in the society or national security which is exactly depicted in the movie court. In this paper, the traits of the main three characters in the movie court are analyzed making a comparison with the flaws in the judiciary system in India. The paper also aims to establish the reasons like vote bank politics behind the censorship of the films or scenes in the films or songs in the name of maintaining democratic values and peace. Another films or songs are also taken as an example apart from the movie court in this paper which are censored by the Indian Censor Board for hurting the sentiment and emotions of certain sections of the society and thus trying to prevent the violent protests from these discriminated sections of the society. It is imperative to establish as to why justice takes so much time to happen in the judiciary system and how the prejudices of the people of judiciary system in India become as a hindrance to serve justice to the wrongly accused in the society.

Keywords: Indian Judiciary System, Court, Censorship, Prejudices, Dalits.