Bengaluru Court Passes Ex-Parte Injunction Restraining Actor Kamal Haasan From Remarks Against Kannada Language
A Civil courtroom in Bengaluru on Friday handed an ex-parte interim injunction order restraining Tamil actor Kamal Haasan from posting, making, writing, publishing any assertion or remarks claiming linguist superiority over Kannada language or by making any statements having the impact of inflicting harm or defaming the Kannada language, literature, land and tradition.
Metropolis Civil And Session Court docket Choose Madhu N R, handed the interim order within the go well with filed by the Kannada Sahitya Parishattu and its President, Nadoja Dr. Mahesh Joshi. The plaintiff had most popular a go well with being aggrieved by the defamatory assertion made by Kamal Haasan in opposition to the language of Kannada and the Kannadigas- that “Kannada was born out of Tamil”.
“The defendant, his brokers, assigns, representatives or any individual performing beneath or via them are hereby restrained, by manner ad-interim exparte order of non permanent injunction, from posting, making, issuing, writing, publishing and / or distributing any assertion or remarks claiming linguist superiority over Kannada language or by making any statements having the impact of inflicting harm or defaming the Kannada language, literature, land andculture until the following date of listening to,” the Court docket ordered.
The mentioned assertion was made by him throughout the audio launch of the film “Thug Life”. The go well with has been instituted praying for a everlasting injunction in addition to a compulsory injunction directing Kamal Haasan to tender an unconditional apology to the individuals of Karnataka and Kannadigas.
It’s contended within the plaint that the mentioned assertion has triggered immense ache and anguish to Kannadigas. Additional, the plaintiffs have questioned the timing of the assertion, contemplating the truth that the actor formally filed his nomination for the Rajya Sabha seat representing Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) solely days after making the assertion.
As per the Plaintiffs, whereas the problem of screening and launch of the film “Thug Life” had reached finality owing to the orders of the Hon’ble Supreme Court docket of India, the defamatory and fallacious assertion made by Haasan stays and continues to harm the feelings of the Kannadigas.
The Court docket has additionally directed the plaintiffs to adjust to Order 1 Rule 8 (2) of the CPC by giving public commercial in view of the submitting of the current go well with in a consultant capability on behalf of Kannadigas.
Look: Advocate Chintan Chinnappa Advocate, for Plaintiff’s
