New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the June 14 release of Annu Kapoor's film "Humare Barah". The apex court took cognizance of allegations that the movie was derogatory to the Islamic faith and married Muslim women.

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta took note of the arguments of advocate Fauzia Shakeel, appearing for petitioner Azhar Basha Tamboli, and asked the Bombay High Court to decide on the petition as early as possible.

The screening of the film will remain banned till then

While staying the release of the film, the bench said that we have seen the trailer of the film in the morning and all the objectionable dialogues are intact in the trailer. The apex court stayed the screening of the film till the petition is disposed of in the Bombay High Court. Shakeel said that the High Court lifted the ban on the film through an improper order.

Ban imposed in Karnataka

He said that the High Court could not direct the Central Board of Film Certification to form a committee as the Board was also a party to the case. The apex court said that the parties are free to raise all their objections before the High Court. It is noteworthy that this film has already been banned in Karnataka.