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Popular chef-cum-actor ‘Madhampatty’ T. Rangaraj has filed a civilian suit earlier the Madras High Court to restrain costume decorator Joy Crizildaa from making false, malicious and defamatory statements against him successful immoderate signifier of media since they disparage his property rights.
Appearing earlier Justice N. Senthilkumar connected Wednesday (September 24, 2025), elder counsel Srinath Sridevan said the caller suit filed by Mr. Rangaraj successful his idiosyncratic capacity, isolated from the 1 already filed by his catering company, had already been numbered but yet to beryllium listed earlier the tribunal for hearing.
In the suit, filed done his counsel connected grounds Vijayan Subramanian, Mr. Rangaraj had sought to restrain Ms. Crizildaa, who claims to person joined him, from making, writing, printing, publishing, broadcasting, distributing, posting, circulating oregon disseminating defamatory contented against him.
He insisted that she should beryllium restrained from posting videos, reels, photographs, captions oregon immoderate different benignant of audio ocular contented which could straight oregon indirectly defame his character, idiosyncratic life, nonrecreational lasting and estimation successful the hospitality arsenic good arsenic amusement industry.
The plaintiff had besides filed an application, on with the main suit, seeking an interim absorption to Ms. Crizildaa to remove/delete the defamatory contented posted against him successful her Instagram illustration connected July 26, July 30, August 19 and August 30, 2025 and to detag his sanction and handles from each her societal media posts.
Stating that helium would perceive the suit arsenic and erstwhile it gets listed, Justice Senthilkumar connected Wednesday (September 24, 2025) reserved his orders connected an exertion filed by Madhampatty Thangavelu Hospitality Private Limited to restrain Ms. Crizildaa from disparaging the “goodwill and reputation” of the unregistered trademark ‘Madhampatty Pakashala.’
The orders were reserved aft proceeding elder counsel P.S. Raman and S. Prabakaran for the catering institution and the costume decorator respectively. The institution filed an affidavit stating that it had suffered a nonaccomplishment of much than ₹12 crore due to the fact that of the Madhamapatty hashtag utilized by her successful disparaging societal media posts.
When the justice wanted to cognize however the institution could assertion to person mislaid contracts worthy ₹12 crore lone due to the fact that of the hashtags utilized by the costume designer, Mr. Raman said, determination was nary different reason. He said, each those clients had cancelled their contracts lone aft her societal media posts.
However, Mr. Prabakaran challenged the institution to beryllium that the contracts were cancelled lone due to the fact that of his client. “I americium warring for justness and for the unborn kid successful my womb. I person lodged a transgression ailment against Mr. Rangaraj. This suit has been filed lone to springiness a commercialized colour to the transgression case,” helium said.
