Celebrated artist late Maqbool Fida Husain Photo: X/@hindupost Celebrated artist late Maqbool Fida Husain Photo: X/@hindupost

A Delhi court on Tuesday ordered the seizure of two paintings by Padma Vibhushan recipient and celebrated artist late Maqbool Fida Husain displayed at the DAGmango win, formerly Delhi Art Gallery.

The court ruling came following a complaint from Delhi High Court advocate Amita Sachdeva who termed the paintings of Hindu deities 'offensive'.

What did Sachdeva say?

It has been reported that in December, Advocate Sachdeva asked the court to preserve the CCTV footage from the art gallery for December 4 and December 6-10 when the exhibition displayed Husain’s paintings.

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The Delhi court on December 18 directed the production and preservation of the footage. On January 4, Judicial Magistrate First Class Sahil Monga of the Patiala House Courts said that a report had been filed by the investigating officer stating that the CCTV footage from the said dates had been preserved and filed along with the report.

“On 04.12.2024, I clicked photos of offensive paintings displayed at DAG World at 22A, Windsor Place, Connaught Place, New Delhi, and filed a complaint on 09.12.2024 at Parliament Street police station after researching past FIRs against M F Husain. However, during a visit with the IO on 10.12.2024, the paintings were removed and falsely claimed they were never displayed", said Sachdeva.

Demanding Justice: FIR & CCTV Preservation in the @DAGworld Offensive Paintings CaseOn 04.12.2024, I clicked photos of offensive paintings displayed at @DAGworld at 22A, Windsor Place, Connaught Place, New Delhi, and filed a complaint on 09.12.2024 at Parliament Street PS after… pic.twitter.com/9RiRm2aRh6

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What did the Delhi court say?

According to the report by The Indian Express, directing the investigating officer to seize the paintings in question, Monga said, “At this stage, an application… has been moved by the complainant for direction to the IO (Investigating Officer) to seize the painting in question. In light of the facts and circumstances mentioned in the said application, the said application is allowed and the IO is directed to seize the said painting and file a report on 22.01.2025.”

“As per the ATR, the IO has already seized CCTV footage and the NVR (Network Video Recorder) of Delhi Art Gallery. It is further stated in the ATR that a list of paintings was provided by Delhi Art Gallery in which the paintings in question are mentioned at Serial No. 6 and 10. It is further stated in the inquiry report that the exhibition was held in a private space and the said paintings were only to display the original work of authors/artists”, Monga further added.

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Responding to the developmentmango win, the DAG in an official statement said,“Pending an inquiry into a few select works of M F Husain at a recent exhibition, DAG is reviewing the situation and seeking counsel. We are not party to any court proceedings so far and are trying to follow the developments. We will come back to you as soon as we have an update on the issues at hand.”