After Udta Punjab, reforming the CBFC’s functioning has acquired a new urgency. The Shyam Benegal Committee, which recently submitted its report on norms relating to film certification, recommended that the CBFC should be nothing more than a certification body. The Bombay High Court has handed out a lesson to the scissor-happy members of the Central Board of Film Certification, one that they, especially its overzealous chairman Pahlaj Nihalani, should learn at least now. And that the power to order changes and cuts must be exercised only in line with provisions of the Constitution and Supreme Court orders. It has suggested that films be classified on the basis of their suitability to different age groups.

Source: The Hindu June 14, 2016 19:18 UTC