According to sources it was stated that the Supreme Court had recently stayed the ban for Bollywood's Deepika Padukone's Padmaavat and the apex court said that states must ensure law and order is maintained and they cannot ban the film citing it as a problem.
Presently all states are constitutionally obliged to maintain law and order and prevent any untoward incident during the screening of the film across the country, the bench hearing the matter observed. CJI Misra said during the hearing stated that “If we go by these arguments leveled against films, 60% of literature, even classical literature of India cannot be read".
Accordingly governments of Haryana, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya
Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand had declared that they will not allow
screening of the movie, which is set for release on January 25. Moreover CBFC
had cleared the film for release after making some recommendations including a
change in the film’s title. Rajput groups have been protesting against the
film’s release and claimed that it distorts history and shows Rani Padmavati in
poor light.
