Overview
- The Supreme Court dismissed KVN Productions’ plea for CBFC clearance and directed the producers to seek relief before the Madras High Court’s division bench.
- The Court criticised the “blistering pace” of earlier proceedings and asked the High Court to try to decide the appeal by January 20.
- Certification remains on hold after a Madras High Court division bench stayed a single judge’s January 9 order that had directed the CBFC to grant a UA/UA-16+ certificate.
- The CBFC chairperson referred the film to a Revising Committee on January 6 following a complaint and concerns over armed forces emblems and possible hurt to religious sentiments, despite an examining committee’s conditional approval.
- Producers argued severe commercial harm from the postponed January 9 release, citing about 5,000 theatres booked, as the case draws extra attention because the film is widely billed as Vijay’s final movie before full-time politics.