You can't denigrate section of society by such title: Supreme Court raps Neeraj Pandey on 'Ghooskhor Pandat'

You cannot denigrate a section of society by using such a title, the Supreme Court remarked on Thursday (February 12, 2026) while rapping filmmaker Neeraj Pandey on his film 'Ghooskhor Pandat'.

FIR against makers of Ghooskhor Pandat in U.P. for ‘hurting religious sentiments’

The top court was hearing a plea seeking a stay on the release of the Manoj Bajpayee-starrer film on OTT platform Netflix.

Editorial | Stifling ideas: On Ghooskhor Pandat and FIR

A Bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan issued notices to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Central Board for Film Certification and Pandey on a plea against the movie.