DMK govt bans The Da Vinci Code

Keeping this in view, the Tamil Nadu government has directed the district collectors and the Greater Chennai Commissioner of Police 8216;8216;to study the situation closely and to take action under Section 13 of the Cinematograph Act 1952 Central Act 37 of 1952 for suspending screening of the movie,8217;8217; the statement said.

SC to hear plea on June 12: The Supreme Court will on June 12 hear a petition seeking withdrawal of Dan Brown8217;s bestseller Da Vinci Code and the movie based on it from India.

A Bench consisting Justices Arijit Pasayat and L S Panta fixed the date after the petitioner contended that 8216;8216;the book contains malicious blasphemous description regarding the very religion of Christianity8217;8217;. Initially, the court declined to hear the matter saying the Censor Board had already cleared it.