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'Gandhi bot' beer brews controversy; US company apologises
The use of Mahatma Gandhi’s image on beer cans and bottle by a United States company has raised hackles with a petition being filed in a Hyderabad court alleging it had insulted the father of the nation following which the liquor company has apologised.
The Connecticut-based New England Brewing Company even claimed that its intention was to pay homage and celebrate the apostle of peace and that Gandhi’s granddaughter and grandson have expressed their admiration for the label.
The beer brand is called ‘Gandhi-Bot’, which the company says is an intensely hopped double India pale with a blend of three varieties of American Hops.
An advocate, Sunkari Janardhan Goud, has filed a petition before XI Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad, contending that Gandhi’s image on the alcohol cans and description of the father of the nation by the brewery is highly condemnable and punishable under Indian laws.
The petition submitted that it amounts to offences under Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971, and 124-A of the Indian Penal Code (related to us inflammatory words, signs or visible representation).
The petition is slated to come up for hearing on Monday.
Read more at: 'Gandhi bot' beer brews controversy; US company apologises - Rediff.com India News
The use of Mahatma Gandhi’s image on beer cans and bottle by a United States company has raised hackles with a petition being filed in a Hyderabad court alleging it had insulted the father of the nation following which the liquor company has apologised.
The Connecticut-based New England Brewing Company even claimed that its intention was to pay homage and celebrate the apostle of peace and that Gandhi’s granddaughter and grandson have expressed their admiration for the label.
The beer brand is called ‘Gandhi-Bot’, which the company says is an intensely hopped double India pale with a blend of three varieties of American Hops.
An advocate, Sunkari Janardhan Goud, has filed a petition before XI Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad, contending that Gandhi’s image on the alcohol cans and description of the father of the nation by the brewery is highly condemnable and punishable under Indian laws.
The petition submitted that it amounts to offences under Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971, and 124-A of the Indian Penal Code (related to us inflammatory words, signs or visible representation).
The petition is slated to come up for hearing on Monday.
Read more at: 'Gandhi bot' beer brews controversy; US company apologises - Rediff.com India News
