The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed Pune-based Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) to allow candidates suffering from color blindness to pursue all courses in filmmaking and editing, calling it a more inclusive and progressive approach. needs to be adopted. Case.
A bench of Justices SK Kaul and MM Sundaresh said that there should be no discrimination on the basis of color blindness to get admission in the institute.
The top court said filmmaking and editing is a form of art and the institute should adopt a more inclusive and progressive approach in the matter.
The order came on an appeal filed by Patna resident Ashutosh Kumar, challenging the Bombay High Court order, which had dismissed his plea seeking admission to a three-year postgraduate diploma course in film editing at FTII.
The apex court had earlier constituted a committee of experts on the issue
The top court said that as per the committee, a person with color blindness should be able to enroll for all courses in FTII.
“Being film and TV productions are collaborating art forms. Restrictions can hinder the development of creative talent, art. Any limitation can be overcome with the help. Determining the future business prospects of the candidates. Not for FTII. An editor’s job should be to creatively deal with story, dialogue, music and performance and even rewrite the film, not mechanical.
Kumar was also shortlisted for the course, but his candidature was rejected after he was found color blind during medical examination.
The officials, citing FTII rules, said color blind candidates are not suitable for admission to certain courses, including film editing.
Kumar had moved the High Court in 2016 against the denial of admission, but failed to get relief.
The High Court had said that FTII has constituted an admission committee consisting of experts from various fields to review the admission criteria and prepare six out of 12 courses at FTII in which candidates with color blindness are found not suitable.