Mumbai: Observing that painting nude images prima facie amounted to an offence, the Bombay High Court has refused to quash a criminal complaint against an artist who painted nude and derogatory pictures of his estranged wife in his bedroom.
The couple, who got married in 1998 and jointly owned a flat, were staying in separate rooms in Mittal Ocean View on Juhu Tara Road in suburban Santacruz as they were fighting a divorce case in a family court. The wife had alleged offences against her artist husband Chintan Upadhyay under Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act for painting her in the buff.
Acting on her complaint, the Bandra Magistrate had issued process on January 8 against Upadhyay, who challenged the order in the high court. The high court did not agree with Upadhyay that the complaint disclosed no offence punishable under the provisions of Indian Penal Code or Indecent Representation of Women's Act or that the continuation of proceedings in pursuance thereof is an abuse of the process of law....
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10:10 AM, May 19, 2013
The Karnataka High Court will on Monday hear a PIL filed on the exhibition of nude paintings in Chitrakala Parishath art gallery in Bangalore. The petitioner has said that there is no screening committee to screen paintings of artists before they are showcased at art galleries. ...
09:12 AM, Feb 11, 2013
A Bangalore art academy was forced to remove three paintings following protests on Monday, before that organisers of an art exhibition in Delhi also faced a similar scenario - in this case, the VHP demanded to shut down the exhibition. ...
11:59 PM, Feb 06, 2013
A Bangalore art academy was forced to remove three paintings following protests on Monday, before that organisers of an art exhibition in Delhi also faced a similar scenario - in this case, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad demanded to shut down the exhibition. ...
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It was trouble in paradise for art lovers as art exhibitions in Bangalore and Delhi were targeted by right wing activists. Artist Anirudh Sainath's paintings at the Chitrakala Parishath were taken off after the art academy received threat calls to remove the three paintings which depicted Hindu gods and goddesses in the nude. ...
09:22 PM, Feb 05, 2013
An Art academy in Bangalore was forced to remove three paintings from their exhibit following protests that they are offensive. ...
06:10 PM, Feb 05, 2013
An Art academy in Bangalore has been forced to remove three paintings from their exhibit following protests by groups saying that they are offensive. Artist Anirudh Sainath says he was forced to remove the exhibits. ...
02:13 PM, Feb 05, 2013
Panaji: Ashok Kumar, better known as ‘Dadamoni' and an iconic figure in Indian cinema, used to sketch paintings in the bathroom in the nude, his granddaughter Anuradha Patel said. Kumar, a versatile actor, first made waves with his performance in 1936 with the film Achhut Kanya. "Dadamoni used to paint with water colours in the bathroom… in the nude," said Patel, who along with the rest of the Ganguly (Ashok...
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A nude painting of British PM Tony Blair’s wife Cherie will see the light of day despite the PM's objections. ...
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