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2016 Supreme(P&H) 1085

M.JEYAPAUL
Wattan Sharma – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Petitioner:Mr. Karan Bharihoke, Advocate.
For the Respondent No. 1:Mr. V.K. Kaushal, Advocate.
For the Amicus Curiae:Mr. Sujay Kantawala, Advocate.
For the Respondent No. 3:Mr. Sanjay Kaushal, Sr. Advocate With Mr. Abhishek Sethi, Advocate.
For the Applicant:Mr. P.S. Khurana, Advocate.
For the Respondent: Mr. Rajesh Bhardwaj, Addl. A.G., Punjab.

JUDGMENT

Mr. M. Jeyapaul, J.: - CM-7263-2016

1. This is an application filed under Order 1 Rule 10 CPC for impleading Ms. Paramjit Kaur Landran, Chairperson of The Punjab State Commission for Women as party intervener in the present writ petition.

2. As the applicant sought intervention in the pending writ petition which is coming up for final disposal today on the ground that applicant is a necessary party, as the trailers of the movie have shockingly portrayed the women-hood of Punjab society, permission is granted to the applicant to intervene in this writ petition.

CWP-12510-2016

3. The writ petitioner has contended that the film ‘Udta Punjab’ produced by respondent No.3 has portrayed the entire populace of the people of Punjab as drug addicts. Further, the said film is purely a political agenda with the principal objective of projecting the State of Punjab as a hub of narcotics and psychotropic substances. The petitioner has alleged that the film is replete with derogatory abuses. The function of the law enforcement agency in the State of Punjab has been depicted as totally defunct. The Punjabis have been shown as rouges as a result of which an adverse impact would be created on th














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