NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear plea seeking deferment of public screening of PM Modi biopic . The court will hear the case on Monday.

A bench headed by Justice S A Bobde said it will hear the plea on Monday.

Senior advocate A M Singhvi, appearing for petitioner advocate Aman Panwar, spokesperson of the Congress, said two high courts have refused to interfere with the release of the movie starring Vivek Oberoi .

He submitted that the release of the movie may affect free and fair election as mandated in the Constitution.

Singhvi said the movie was slated to be released on April 5 but there were some media reports Thursday which said the release has been deferred by a few days.

Last week, the Election Commission had sought comments from the makers of the biopic on the Opposition's demand to postpone its release till the Lok Sabha elections get over.

Earlier, both the Bombay and Madhya Pradesh high courts had rejected pleas seeking ban on the release of the biopic.

The Bombay high Court had also on Monday disposed of a plea seeking deferment of the release of the biopic , saying the Election Commission will deal with the issue.

(With inputs from agencies)



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