The Government through the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has recently released draft guidelines (“Guidelines”), and solicited comments from the general public thereon, to ensure that people with visual and hearing impairment have improved access to experience public exhibition of films. Notably, the Central Board of Film Certification (“CBFC”) came out with an expression of…
Introduction
On March 15, 2024, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (“MIB”) issued the Guidelines for Accessibility Standards in the Public Exhibition of Feature Films in Cinema Theatres for Persons with Hearing and Visual Impairment (“Guidelines”) (which can be accessed here) with the objective of enabling a strong framework to support the development of practices…