The Punjab and Haryana High court has directed singer and rapper Honey Singh to appear in court on May 14 to respond to allegations against him of singing vulgar songs, especially the infamous number, 'Main Hoon Balatkaari', in a public interest litigation.
This PIL was filed in court by an NGO, HELP, subsequent to a group of singers and musicians protesting against 'vulgar, lewd and indecent' lyrics of some Punjabi singers, referring to them as 'a corrupting influence on Punjabi music'.
The other singers who were named in the PIL included Diljit Dosanjh, who gave the hit song Pee Pa in the Riteish-Genelia starrer Tere Naal Love Ho Gya, and Gippy Grewal, who rendered Angreji Beat with Honey for the film Cocktail.
Honey Singh's troubles first started when his New Year's show in Gurgaon was cancelled following protests of his lyrics being vulgar and misogynist in the wake of the Nirbhaya murder case.
Honey Singh and his representatives did not respond when we tried to contact them.
The court, on the other hand, expressed disappointment over the matter. The bench comprising acting chief justice Jasbir Singh and Rakesh Kumar Jain heard the case and asked the petitioner's advocate as to what kind of a singer Honey Singh is, and labelled the songs indecent.
Also, the petitioner pointed out that despite a formal complaint, the Punjab government did not initiate any step in this regard.
When contacted Parvinder Singh Kitna, general secretary of HELP, said, "The main idea behind moving a complaint was to stop all this. The singers have forgotten their limits and are showing no respect towards women."
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