Supreme Court of India · 1962-04-17
THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER, AJMER vs BRIJ NIWAS DAS
- Citation / case number
- SC 1961/65
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER, AJMER
- Respondent
- BRIJ NIWAS DAS
- Bench
- SINHA, BHUVNESHWAR P.(CJ),GAJENDRAGADKAR, P.B.,WANCHOO, K.N.,AYYANGAR, N. RAJAGOPALA,AIYYAR, T.L. VENKATARAMA
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the validity of the notification and condition No. 22 under Section 12(4) of the Cinematograph Act, 1952, which mandates that cultural films must be produced in India to be classified as 'approved films'. The Court clarified that 'indigenous films' encompass both cultural and other films, rejecting the argument that the terms were mutually exclusive. Consequently, the Court affirmed the High Court's ruling that the notification and condition were intra vires the Act, thus validating the requirement for cultural films to be produced in India.