Cinematograph Act, 1952

Act No. 37 of 1952 In force from 28-07-1952 Ministry of Information and Broadcasting 36 sections

An Act to make provision for the certification of cinematograph films for exhibition and for regulating exhibitions by means of cinematographs.

22 Supreme Court judgments considering this law. Search within these.

• Nipun Malhotra v. Sony Pictures Films India Private Limited & Ors.
  2024 INSC 4658 July 2024Disposed of

  The appellant is a person with arthrogryposis and is aggrieved by the manner in which persons with disabilities have been portrayed in the movie titled ‘Aankh Micholi’. The appellant seeks guidelines against filmmakers, regarding…

• Indibility Creative Pvt Ltd & Ors. v. Govt of West Bengal & Ors.
  2019 INSC 51711 April 2019Appeal(s) allowed
• Sushil Ansal v. State Through CBI
  2014 INSC 16822 September 2015Disposed of
• District Magistrate, Haridwar and Anr. v. Harish Malhotra
  2014 INSC 8519 December 2014Dismissed
• Gita Ram & Anr. v. State of H.P.
  2013 INSC 701 February 2013Dismissed
• Greater Kailash Part-Ii Welfare Association and Ors. v. Dlf Universal Ltd. and Ors.
  2007 INSC 57815 May 2007Dismissed
• Directorate of Film Festivals and Ors. v. Gaurav Ashwin Jain and Ors.
  2007 INSC 41011 April 2007Partly allowed
• Director General, Directorate General of Doordarshan and Ors. v. Anand Patwardhan
  2006 INSC 55825 August 2006Dismissed
• Union of India v. K.M. Shankarappa
  2000 INSC 54528 November 2000Dismissed
• Union of India and Ors. v. Motion Picture Association and Ors. Etc. Etc.
  1999 INSC 27415 July 1999Disposed of
• State of Andhra Pradesh v. Nagotivenkataramana
  1996 INSC 90920 August 1996Appeal(s) allowed
• Bobby Art International v. Om Pal Singh Hoon and Ors.
  1996 INSC 5951 May 1996Appeal(s) allowed
• The South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce, Madras Etc. v. Entertaining Enterprises, Madras and Ors. Etc.
  1994 INSC 61916 December 1994Appeal(s) allowed
• Municipal Corporation of Delhi v. Dy. Commissioner of Police (Licencing) and Anr.
  1994 INSC 42630 September 1994Disposed of
• Raja Video Parlour and Ors. Etc. v. State of Punjab and Ors . Etc.
  1993 INSC 23214 July 1993Allowed
• Shankar Video and Anr. v. The State of Maharashtra and Ors.
  1993 INSC 23514 July 1993Appeal(s) allowed
• M/S. Laxmi Video Theaters and Others v. State of Haryana and Others
  1993 INSC 23314 July 1993Dismissed
• S. Rangarajan Etc. v. P. Jagjivan Ram & Ors.
  1989 INSC 10930 March 1989Appeal(s) allowed
• Ramesh S/O Chotalal Dalal v. Union of India & Ors.
  1988 INSC 4416 February 1988Dismissed
• Amrit Nahata v. Union of India
  1985 INSC 1298 May 1985Disposed of
• Rajkapoor S/O Prithviraj Kapoor v. Laxman S/O Kishanlal Gavai
  1979 INSC 26714 December 1979Appeal(s) allowed
• K.A. Abbas v. The Union of India & Anr.
  1970 INSC 20024 September 1970Appeal(s) allowed