Open AccessCase Comment: Devidas Ramachandra Tuljapurkar V. State of Maharashtra
Author(s) -
Rajam Shardha
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
christ university law journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2278-4322
DOI - 10.12728/culj.8.6
Subject(s) - painting , hinduism , new delhi , state (computer science) , landmark , law , media studies , sociology , art , visual arts , aesthetics , history , political science , religious studies , philosophy , computer science , artificial intelligence , metropolitan area , archaeology , algorithm
On May 8 2008,Maqbool Fida Hussein, was acquitted by the Delhi High Court, in what was considered to be a landmark judgment on obscenity. The artist had painted ‘Bharatmata’ in the nude and had at various instances in the past, painted Hindu goddesses in obscene postures. The Delhi High Court held that the aesthetics of the painting and the social message it carried, far outweighed the ‘obscenity’ in it. The Bench believed that art ought not to be chained by anti-obscenity laws, if it is intended for the welfare of society and aimed to convey a social message and not the sexual arousal of the audience