The Supreme Court today (31) ordered the Public Performances Control Board to watch Ashoka Handagama's film 'Aksharaya' again and to give its decision on 06 August.
Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva said that the Supreme Court would take a suitable verdict following the Public Performances Control Board decision.
The Public Performances Control Board initially allowed the movie to be screened and the Minister of Cultural Affairs later recalled the permission and the director Handagama filed a petition to the Supreme court citing that the recall of the permission amounted to violation of his fundamental rights. The Chief Justice made the above observations at the hearing of the fundamental rights petition.
The Public Performances Control Board submitted an affidavit mentioning that the movie 'Aksharaya' based on the 'Oedipus complex' and according to it the relationships between mother - son and father - daughter are natural. The Board approves the film as suitable for adults to view.
The chief Justice enquired who that Oedipus was and asked if that kind of films could be shown in this country although such things could happen in the said Oedipus complex. He queried if the scene a woman magistrate is raped by a guard would not offend the judiciary. The Chief Justice said that it should be judged not by the director or the Public Performances Control Board but by the judiciary.
The Chief Justice said that the film that targets to demolish the courts system of the country should be destroyed and if it were allowed to be shown the 200-year-old judiciary system that is respected even by the LTTE would be spoiled.
The Chief Justice said that the offenders could be sentenced to jail for contempt to courts. He said that the artists could not do anything they wished. The Chief Justice also alluded that the Chairman of the Public Performances Control Board was an impotent who could not be sensitive to a sex scene.
Prof. Somarathna Balasuriya, Thissa Abesekara, Ashoka Handagama, Prasanna Vithanage and the members of the Public Performances Control Board were in the courts. The Chief Justice looking at them said that they could go on the road since there are courts and otherwise they would have to walk with guards.
The Chief Justice said that the intellect should be not in the breast but in the mind.
A panel of justices including Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva, Nihal Jayasinghe and Jagath Balapatabendi considered the petition. Senior Counsel Upul Jayasuriya appeared for Ashoka Handagama.
Lawyer Rowland Perera appeared for the Public Performances Control Board while Deputy Solicitor General Palitha Fernando appeared for the Minister of Cultural Affairs.
Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva said that the Supreme Court would take a suitable verdict following the Public Performances Control Board decision.
The Public Performances Control Board initially allowed the movie to be screened and the Minister of Cultural Affairs later recalled the permission and the director Handagama filed a petition to the Supreme court citing that the recall of the permission amounted to violation of his fundamental rights. The Chief Justice made the above observations at the hearing of the fundamental rights petition.
The Public Performances Control Board submitted an affidavit mentioning that the movie 'Aksharaya' based on the 'Oedipus complex' and according to it the relationships between mother - son and father - daughter are natural. The Board approves the film as suitable for adults to view.
The chief Justice enquired who that Oedipus was and asked if that kind of films could be shown in this country although such things could happen in the said Oedipus complex. He queried if the scene a woman magistrate is raped by a guard would not offend the judiciary. The Chief Justice said that it should be judged not by the director or the Public Performances Control Board but by the judiciary.
The Chief Justice said that the film that targets to demolish the courts system of the country should be destroyed and if it were allowed to be shown the 200-year-old judiciary system that is respected even by the LTTE would be spoiled.
The Chief Justice said that the offenders could be sentenced to jail for contempt to courts. He said that the artists could not do anything they wished. The Chief Justice also alluded that the Chairman of the Public Performances Control Board was an impotent who could not be sensitive to a sex scene.
Prof. Somarathna Balasuriya, Thissa Abesekara, Ashoka Handagama, Prasanna Vithanage and the members of the Public Performances Control Board were in the courts. The Chief Justice looking at them said that they could go on the road since there are courts and otherwise they would have to walk with guards.
The Chief Justice said that the intellect should be not in the breast but in the mind.
A panel of justices including Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva, Nihal Jayasinghe and Jagath Balapatabendi considered the petition. Senior Counsel Upul Jayasuriya appeared for Ashoka Handagama.
Lawyer Rowland Perera appeared for the Public Performances Control Board while Deputy Solicitor General Palitha Fernando appeared for the Minister of Cultural Affairs.
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The CJ is surely in a very embarrassing and compromising situation to judge on morality based on his escapades hat have been brought to light lately.
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