The smaller courts in India are on a roll. Aaah, I know the metaphor doesn't really carry through. But then, what also does not is what these courts are doing by reacting to flippant complaints by a demented section of the public.
A local court in Muzaffarnagar has issued summons to Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan to appear before it on May 30 in connection with a kissing scene in Dhoom-2. District Judge HK Shrivastava ordered issuing of summonses to the duo after taking cognisance of a complaint petition filed by an advocate by the name of Sudhir Kumar Ojha.
Ojha had alleged that Rai, Roshan, the film's producer Aditya Chopra and director Sanjay Gardi had hurt the sensibilities of the audiences by the "obscene" kissing scene. Huh.
The court also ordered issuing of notices to the Bihar government and proprietor and manager of a local theatre for allowing screening of the film despite "obscene" content. The summonses have been issued under sections 292 (sale of obscene book etc.) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the IPC.
