CBFC files caveat in Supreme Court in Jana Nayagan case

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The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has filed a caveat successful the Supreme Court seeking that nary bid should beryllium passed without proceeding it successful transportation with the merchandise of histrion Vijay-starrer Jana Nayagan.

A caveat is filed by a litigant successful the precocious courts and the Supreme Court to guarantee that nary adverse bid is passed against it without it being heard.

On January 27, the Madras High Court had allowed a writ entreaty filed by the CBFC and acceptable speech a azygous judge’s January 9 order, which had directed the CBFC to contented U/A 16+ certification for Mr. Vijay’s much-awaited last movie Jana Nayagan.

The First Division Bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G. Arul Murugan held that the azygous justice ought not to person passed specified orders without affording due accidental to the CBFC to record a antagonistic affidavit to a writ petition filed by the accumulation location KVN Productions LLP.

The Bench had besides held that the writ petition was not maintainable astatine all, arsenic it sought a mandamus to the CBFC to contented the certificate, alternatively of seeking a writ of certiorari to quash an bid passed by the CBFC president connected January 6, referring the movie to a nine-member revising committee.

Published - January 30, 2026 10:28 p.m. IST

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