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The excited and enthusiastic watchers of a blockbuster movie like Pathaan, the ‘clandestine’ viewers of the BBC documentary, and the connoisseurs at Jashn-e-Rekhta bring dissent to popular culture.

The BBC documentary had created much furore across the country as students from many coveted institutions held screening of the documentary after it was ban.

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed public interest litigation (PIL) petition filed by Hindu Sena seeking a ban on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for airing the documentary, India: The Modi Question.

The plea had alleged that the documentary film by BBC relating to Gujarat violence 2002 implicating PM Narendra Modi is not only reflective of anti-Modi cold propaganda broadcast to tarnish his image alone but also anti-Hinduism propaganda to destroy the social fabric of India.

A request for a complete ban on BBC in India over its documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and allegations linked to the 2002 Gujarat riots was dismissed today by the Supreme Court, which called it "entirely misconceived".

The Supreme Court bench said that the petition to ban BBC operations in India is

A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and MM Sundersh said the petition filed by the Hindu Sena was ‘completely misconceived’.

The propaganda and whataboutery being used to try and discredit the BBC documentary on Narendra Modi rest on shaky ground.

Earlier this month, the Supreme Court, acting on pleas of N.Ram and others, had asked the Centre to produce original records related to its decision to block the BBC documentary. -- aaa

"You want us to put complete censorship...What is this?" the bench asked the petitioner.