New Delhi

There is still no relief for Kangana Ranaut's Emergency and the release date of the film still remains undecided. On Wednesday, the Bombay High Court refused to order a certification from the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) for the movie.

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A division bench of Justices BP Colabawalla and Firdosh Pooniwalla stated that they cannot issue any directions as the Madhya Pradesh High Court has already ordered the censor board to consider the objections raised around the movie before certifying it.

“The Madhya Pradesh HC has given the CBFC a direction. If we give any relief today then it would be directly in contravention to that order. We will be asking CBFC to breach another HC order if we pass any order today. We cannot do that. Judicial propriety demands that of us,” the bench reportedly has said.

The Bombay High Court has asked the censor board to consider the objections raised against the film and then certify it by September 18.

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“We know that there is something else happening behind. We don't want to comment on it. The CBFC shall consider the objections and take a decision by September 18,” it said. The next hearing in the case will be held on September 19.

A day earlier, Zee Entertainment Enterprises, the co-producer of the movie Emergency had approached the Bombay High Court to seek the film's release and a censor certificate.

The petition filed in the high court said that the censor board “arbitrarily and illegally” withheld the film's censor certificate. The petition also claimed that the censor board was ready with the certificate but not issuing it.

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Emergency film release postponed

The film was earlier scheduled to release on September 6. It stars Kangana Ranaut as former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The biographical drama is caught up in controversy after some Sikh organisations, including the Shiromani Akali Dal, objected, accusing it of misrepresenting the community and getting historical facts wrong.

Ranaut, the BJP MP from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh, has directed and co-produced the film.