Sanjay Leela Bhansali can finally heave a sigh of relief with institutions coming out in support of his film Padmavati. Despite several pleas and protests being filed against the film on varied grounds that are related to distortion of historical facts, the Supreme Court as well as CBFC stands united as they have favoured the release of the film.

As a response to a plea filed by Siddharajsinh Mahavirsinh Chudasama and 11 others, on November 10, Supreme Court refused to stay the release of Padmavati after the Allahabad High Court too declined the plea to ban the film. Reportedly, in an apex court bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Mishra, the complainants sought a ban of the film along with a demand of setting up a team of historians to verify the accuracy of Padmavati’s script. They wanted to be assured that the film doesn’t feature any distortion in the portrayal of Rani Padmini’s character. But the bench refused to entertain the plea demanding a ban.