New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected two petitions seeking ban on screening of the controversial film The Da Vinci Code on the ground that it hurts the religious sentiments of Christians in the country.
A vacation bench comprising Justice Arijit Pasayat and Justice Altamas Kabir questioned the maintainability of the petitions filed by All India Christian Welfare Association and a Delhi-based man claiming himself to be a member of Cathedral church.
"When the Censor Board and government has cleared the screening of the film what was the objection," the bench observed and even wanted to know from the petitioners as to how many countries professing Christianity have banned the film.
The bench did not get any answer from the counsel appearing for the petitioners.
The court also asked the petitioners why they were against the film when the book on which it was based was a work of fiction.
"You (petitioners) yourself accept that it is fiction and not fact then there should not have any objection," the bench observed and also did not take into account the submission that five states in the country has banned the screening of the film.
The court expressed its surprise that the book The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown on which the film was based was published in the year 2003 and opposition to it came after three years.
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