New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition seeking deletion of certain alleged objectionable scenes from Bollywood movie Padmavati. A bench headed by Chief Justice DipakMisra  called the petition premature. It observed that the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has not yet given certificate to the movie and the apex court cannot injunct a statutory body from doing its duty.

The petitioner had alleged that there was character assassination of Rani Padmavati in the film and the CBFC should not go into these aspects. The bench said, the court cannot direct the CBFC to decide a matter in a particular manner as it was for the board to take a call.