India's Supreme Court Orders State TV To Show Controversial Film

A panel of India's Supreme Court has ordered the state-owned television channel, known as DD, to televise an award-winning documentary film "Father, Son and Holy War," according to Ohmy News today. The film, produced by Anand Patwardhan, deals with religious zealotry and violence. The television station refused to show the film because of the classification it received from the Indian Censor Board. However the court said that every national award-winning film must be broadcast on DD. It concluded: "DD being funded publicly, could not have denied access to viewers to screen the respondent's documentary except on specified valid grounds."