Justice Katju - Don't
judge Sunny Leone on her past
ANI. Sunny Leone should
not be treated as a social outcast in India says Justice Markandey Katju
Justice Markandey Katju,
who is the chairperson of Press Council of India, has said that Indian
people should not treat the Indo-Canadian porn star, Sunny Leone, as a
social outcast because he believes Leone knows how to carry herself since
she is a professional.
Sunny, when she was in
America had not broken any American laws and that Indians were broad minded
and liberal people who should take the matter in that spirit, he said.
"Sunny Leone was earning
her livelihood in USA in a manner acceptable in that country, though it
is not acceptable in India. Hence if she conducts herself in India in a
manner which is socially acceptable in India and does not breach the social
moral code in India, we should not treat her as a social outcast," Katju
said in a statement.
The Press Council chairperson
also said that he had not been shown anything to suggest that she is indulging
in pornography while in India.
Citing historical and
religious figures, he said, "Lord Buddha stayed with the courtesan Amrapali
and ate food served by her, and she later became his disciple."
"Similarly, Mary Magdalene
was a fallen woman (according to the Gospel of Luke as interpreted by Pope
Gregory) and Jesus allowed her to wash his feet and she later became his
disciple," he noted.
There is no saint without
a past and no sinner without a future, Katju said.
A complaint over the Broadcast
Consumers Complaint Council's (BCCC) inaction over the appearance of Leone
which had been sent to Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni
had been marked to Katju as well, sources said.
Leone's appearance on
the Colors Channels show Bigg Boss has been a subject of controversy for
quite some time. BCCC had recently directed that Leone does not use the
show to promote her pornography business.
The BCCC, however, had
not found anything in the content of the show Bigg Boss 5 which by itself
was violative of self-regulatory guidelines. As many as 38 complaints had
been made to the BCCC regarding Leone's appearance.
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