The Supreme Court on 15th April asked the Election Commission of India to watch PM Narendra Modi and give its decision in a sealed cover by 22nd April on whether the film can be released during the ongoing polls. The film was specially screened for the ECI by the producers on 17th.
The film’s producers challenged the Election Commission’s April 10 order to ban the film. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi asked if the ECI had seen the film. The producers’ advocate replied, “The ECI did not have the film, how could it watch it?”