Abolition of Film Certification Appellate Tribunal leaves film industry puzzled, anxious
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April 10, 2021 16:11 IST
The Government of India’s decision to abolish the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT) has triggered a wave of criticism with filmmakers questioning the necessity of such a move
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The Government of India’s decision to abolish the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT) has triggered a wave of criticism with filmmakers questioning the necessity of such a move
Abolition of the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT) by the Government of India last week under the Tribunal Reforms Ordinance, 2021 came as a bolt out of the blue for stakeholders in Indian cinema. Based in New Delhi, the FCAT was the place disgruntled filmmakers walked into as a penultimate resort t
How will the recent ordinance on tribunals impact filmmakers seeking redressal on certification and cuts?
The story so far: On April 4, the Centre notified the Tribunals Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Ordinance, 2021, issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice. The Tribunals Reforms Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha in February, but was not taken up for consideration in the last session of Parliament. The President later issued the ordinance, which scraps the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT), a statutory body that had been set up to hear appeals of filmmakers against decisions of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), and transfers its function to other existing judicial bodies. Eight other appellate authorities have also been disbanded with immediate effect. The ordinance has amended The Cinematograph Act, 1952, and replaced the word ‘Tribunal’ with ‘High Court’.
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The Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT) helped the 2017 acclaimed Hindi film ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’ to be screened after an initial ban. Screengrab from YouTube
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KUALA LUMPUR, April 9 Indian filmmakers will now have to appeal certification decisions to the High Court after the federal government quietly scrapped the country’s censorship appellate tribunal.
The Information and Broadcasting ministry’s Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT) is where filmmakers would go when they disagree with India’s main film certification body.
New Delhi, India – Actress Geetika Vidya Ohlyan was in a meeting when her phone rang. It was a message on her college WhatsApp group.
“I saw a message that Vishal [Bhardwaj] sir had called it a sad day for cinema,” Ohlyan told Al Jazeera, referring to the filmmaker’s tweet about the Indian government’s decision to abolish the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT).
The FCAT was set up in 1983 by India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to hear appeals by filmmakers aggrieved by the decision of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), a British colonial-era body popularly referred to as the “censor board”.