Justifying the ban on The Kerala Story in West Bengal, the state government told the Supreme Court the film is based on “manipulated facts and contains hate speech in multiple scenes” that may hurt “communal sentiments and cause disharmony”, according to a LiveLaw report.
The West Bengal government said it imposed a ban under section 6(1) of the West Bengal Cinema Regulation Act, 1954 on the basis of intelligence reports that the “hate speech in multiple scenes” in the film may hurt communal sentiments, subsequently leading to a law and order situation. The Mamata Banerjee-led government also raised questions on the producers bypassing the Calcutta High Court and directly approaching the Supreme Court.
