PIL seeks restoration of Satluj

A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed in the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday, seeking restoration of Diljit Dosanjh-starrer film Satluj that was removed just days after its digital release on an OTT platform. The petition said the removal of the film, based on activist Jaswant Singh Khalra’s efforts to uncover alleged disappearances during Punjab’s insurgency era, without any public statutory or judicial order, “is violative of the constitutionally guaranteed freedom of expression and citizens’ right to information”. Petitioner Sharwan Singh has named the Central government, the CBFC, the Punjab government, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited, and ZEE5 as respondents in the petition. (IANS)