The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (July 30, 2025) asked the Centre if it had the authority to pass an order directing six cuts in the film Udaipur Files-Kanhaiya Lal Tailor Murder, while exercising revisional powers.
“You have to exercise the powers within the four corners of the statute. You can’t go beyond that,” a Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela said.
Re-certification of ‘Udaipur Files’ movie pending: producer to Delhi HC
The court posed the question after being informed that the Centre, while exercising its revisional powers under the Cinematograph Act, had suggested six cuts to the producers of the movie, in addition to a disclaimer.
The court was also informed that the film has been recertified, but not issued to the producers, because the matter is pending in the High Court.
