New Delhi: The Government on Tuesday said any notice to it from the Allahabad High Court on a PIL seeking an immediate ban on two Bollywood item numbers would be referred to an inter-ministerial panel for a response.
"We already have an inter-ministerial panel which handles such issues and any notice from the court would be referred to it," Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni told reporters on the sidelines of a function in New Delhi.
The inter-ministerial panel set up for screening programmes for viewership acts on the basis of complaints and comprises representatives from the Law Ministry, Women and Child Development Ministry and organisations like the National Commission for Women (NCW).
The Allahabad High Court has sought a response from the Centre on a PIL demanding an immediate ban on Bollywood item numbers 'Munni Badnam Hui' and 'Sheila ki Jawani' on the grounds that they were against decency and morality.
On December 23, a woman had filed a PIL in the court seeking an immediate ban on the two songs.
Soni on Tuesday released a set of six DVDs on varied subjects like tabla, theatre, paintings and dance from the Doordarshan Archives.
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