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India: The Film Certification Tribunal's Demise
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India’s two Houses of Parliament, the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, passed the Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2021 Aug. 2 and Aug. 9, respectively. They did so amid solid opposition to the lack of discussion on the merits of the bill. The bill seeks to eliminate eight appellate tribunals, including the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT).
There is no immunity from Censorship.Here we are at the end of another quarter, and dozens of movies and series were subjected to censorship threats, forced edits, or country bans. Regardless of whether a title is popular, where it originated, or where it's being shown, none of that was a defense against the censor's scrutiny.