'Grossly vulgar': HC orders Badshah, Honey Singh's song be taken down
New Delhi, April 3 -- The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the immediate takedown of the two-decade-old song Volume 1 by singers Honey Singh and Badshah from all platforms, observing that it was "grossly vulgar," "obscene," and "derogatory towards women," designed to "normalise the treatment of women as objects of ridicule and sexual gratification."
The song was released by the singers in 2006-07 under their collaboration titled Mafia Mundeer.
A bench of justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, hearing a petition filed by Hindu Shakti Dal seeking the song's removal, observed that the lyrics were not merely offensive but were "ex facie calculated to normalise the portrayal of women as objects of ridicule and sexual gratification."
The court s...
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