Court Page #3

Synopsis: A sewerage worker's dead body is found inside a manhole in Mumbai. An ageing folk singer is tried in court on charges of abetment of suicide. He is accused of performing an inflammatory song which might have incited the worker to commit the act. As the trial unfolds, the personal lives of the lawyers and the judge involved in the case are observed outside the court.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Chaitanya Tamhane
Production: Zeitgeist Films
  15 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Metacritic:
83
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
Year:
2014
116 min
Website
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Now, the police doesn't have any conclusive evidence and

they've rounded up 30-odd suspects,

based on...

Well, we know what.

Mohsin has four alibi witnesses

from his workplace.

So we fight the case, we manage

to get a clean chit by the courts,

and Mohsin is released from jail.

Now, two weeks later, he is re-arrested from his home

on three entirely new charges.

We file a habeas corpus petition, we manage to secure bail,

and the cases go on for two years.

Now it's April 2010, Mohsin is finally being released by

the courts without a single conviction.

On the day of his release, he is stepping out of the jail,

and the moment he steps out,

they arrest him again.

Now, I asked the arresting officer on

what charges is he being arrested,

and they blurted some random charges,

and before we knew it, they had just taken him away.

And at that point, we realised that there was nothing

we could do to stop the arrest.

Now...

What is to be noted here,

is that this is the same modus operandi

used with Vijay Ghagre in Giriagiri,

Chandan Shirke in Malwapur, and countless others;

Interrogation sessions lasting 12-14 hours at a stretch...

-One minute sir...

Proceed.

The accused, Narayan Kamble, age 65,

is charged under Indian Penal Code, Section 306,

Abetment of suicide,

in the death of Vasudev Pawar, age 25,

who was a worker under contract

with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.

The deceased person committed suicide

on the night of 24th August, 2012,

by choking himself to death inside a sewer

located at Ram Was Road, Andheri East.

The police, after its thorough investigation, concluded

in its report that it was a clear case of suicide.

No manhole worker,

with an experience of doing the

job for five years, like the deceased,

would go inside the sewers without any kind of

protection to eyes, nose, or skin.

These workers are fully aware of the various

hazardous gases that breed inside the sewers,

and know that they can lead to instant death

if proper precaution is not taken.

When the dead body of the deceased

was recovered from the sewer,

no safety equipment was found near him

even after searching for many hours.

No wounds, injuries, or signs of struggle were

found on Vasudev Pawar's body,

nor did the post-modem show any other cause for

death, other than the poisonous gases which were inhaled.

According to Section 306, if any person commits suicide,

whoever abets the commission of such suicide,

shall be punished with imprisonment of either description

for a term which may extend to ten years,

and shall also be liable to fine.

There is sufficient evidence collected through

police investigation, as presented to your honour,

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Chaitanya Tamhane

Chaitanya Tamhane (born 1 March 1987) is an Indian filmmaker, known for the 2014 courtroom drama Court. It was announced as India's official submission for the 88th Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category. The film examines the Indian legal system through the trial of an aging folk singer in a lower court in Mumbai. Court is Tamhane's directorial debut for a feature length film. His previous work includes the short film Six Strands, of which he was also the writer and director, as well as producer. For Court, Tamhane was nominated for best screenwriter at the 9th Asian Film Awards and won best director at the 16th Mumbai Film Festival, among many other awards and honors. more…

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