Bombay High Court has ordered the Customs department to immediately release seven artworks by world-renowned artists FN Souza and Akbar Padamsee which were confiscated last year for being "obscene". "Every nude painting or every painting depicting some sexual intercourse poses cannot be styled as obscene," it said. "At this rate, what'll you say of Khajuraho temples?" Justice Mahesh Sonak said.
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07:54 pm on
25 Oct