Madras High Court
S.Srikumar vs The Chairman/Secretary on 11 March, 2015
Author: M. M. Sundresh
Bench: Sanjay Kishan Kaul, M.M.Sundresh
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS Dated: 11..03..2015 Coram: The Honourable Mr.SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, CHIEF JUSTICE and The Honourable Mr.Justice M.M.SUNDRESH W.P.No.372 of 2014 ------- S.Srikumar .. Petitioner versus 1.The Chairman/Secretary Central Boarad of Film Certification Board, No.35, Shastri Bhavan, 5th Floor, Haddows Road, Greams Road, Chennai 600006. 2.The Secretary Public Information and Broadcasting (Cinema) Fort St.George, Chennai 3.K.Chandru 4.AGS Entertainment Pvt., Ltd., represented by Kalpathi S.Aghoram Producer Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham (Tamil Film) No.34, Thirumalaipillai Road, T.Nagar, Chennai 600 017. .. Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issue of a writ of mandamus, directing the respondents 1 and 2 to ban the film Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham or delete all the scenes from the Film that depicts Hindus Gods in bad and abusive poser and report the same before this Court within a time frame and consequently directing the respondents 1 and 2 to henceforth in future censor or delete any scene depicting Hindu Gods in bad taste, either visually or verbally. For Petitioner ::: Mr.K.Seetha Ram For Respondents ::: Mr.Philip Ravindran Jesudoss ACGSC for R.1 Mr.S.T.S.Moorthy Government Pleader for R.2 Mr.R.Rajesh Vivekananthan for R.4 No appearance for R.3 O R D E R
(The Order of the Court was made by The Hon'ble The Chief Justice) Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw this writ petition. Endorsement has also been made.
2. The writ petition accordingly stands dismissed as withdrawn. No costs.
(S.K.K.,CJ.) (M.M.S., J) Index:yes/no 11th March, 2015 ksr Copy to: 1.The Chairman/Secretary
Central Boarad of Film Certification Board, No.35, Shastri Bhavan, 5th Floor, Haddows Road, Greams Road, Chennai 600006.
2.The Secretary Public Information and Broadcasting (Cinema) Fort St.George, Chennai The Hon'ble The Chief Justice and M. M. Sundresh, J.
(ksr) W.P.No.372 of 2014 11.03.2015