A bench of Acting Chief Justice A K Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw also imposed a cost of Rs 2,000 on the petitioner, enajori.Com for moving the court without ascertaining the facts of the case.
In its plea, the petitioner had alleged that the Centre had not cleared Assamese film "Ekhon Nedekha Nadir Xipaare" for screening among regional category movies at the film festival as it had dialogues in Hindi and English.
It had contended that on the contrary, the best film 'I Am', selected in the regional language category, was shot at various places in Kashmir, Kolkata, Bangalore and Mumbai and had dialogues in Hindi, English and Kashmiri.
The high court, however, dismissed the plea after examining various documents submitted by the Centre on selection of regional films and finding that the film 'Ekhon Nedekha Nadir Xipaare' too along with other films from eastern region had been recommended for preview by the jury members, who eventually had rejected it.
"The records shown by the Central government falsify the claims of the petitioner that the film was not viewed by the jury members in the regional category," the bench said. (MORE) PTI PNM
