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The chances of histrion Vijay’s overmuch anticipated movie Jana Nayagan getting released connected January 9, 2025 look bleak arsenic the Madras High Court connected Wednesday (January 7, 2026) reserved orders connected a writ petition filed by the accumulation location KVN Productions LLP against non-issuance of censor certificate by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).
Order connected Jan 9
Justice P.T. Asha deferred her verdict aft proceeding the arguments precocious by Additional Solicitor General (ASG) AR.L. Sundaresan for the CBFC and elder counsel Satish Parasaran, assisted by advocator Vijayan Subramanian, for the accumulation house. The justice indicated that the bid whitethorn get pronounced lone connected January 9.
During arguments, the ASG stated 1 of the 5 members of a examining committee, which had watched the movie connected December 19, had sent a ailment to the CBFC president stating his objections were not considered earlier the committee recommended issuance of U/A 16+ certificate taxable to definite excisions.
Authority for notation to revising committee
Hence, the CBFC president had decided to notation the movie to a revising committee comprising larger fig of members, the ASG said and contended the president was afloat empowered to instrumentality specified a decision, nether the Cinematograph (Certification) Rules of 2024, earlier the issuance of the censor certificate.
Asserting the accumulation location could not question a direction, from the court, which amounts to preventing the statutory assemblage from performing its lawful functions, the ASG argued the tribunal could lone nonstop the CBFC to execute its functions wrong the statutory clip limits and instrumentality a determination successful 1 mode oregon the other.
On the different hand, Mr. Parasaran argued the CBFC request not springiness overmuch credence to a dissent by conscionable 1 of the 5 members of the examining committee. He said, the proposal of the bulk of 4 members should prevail implicit the number presumption supposedly taken by a azygous subordinate of the committee.
27 cuts made: Production house
He said, the accumulation location had carried retired each the 27 excisions and modifications recommended by the examining committee and hence the movie should rightfully beryllium fixed the U/A 16+ certificate without referring it to the revising committee purportedly connected the ground of the “so called complaint” by a azygous member.
“The CBFC indispensable discharge its work wrong the confines of law. I’m lone besieging Your Lordship to punctual them of their nationalist work and enactment them connected track.... I’ve invested ₹500 crore. It cannot beryllium dealt with lightly. I’ve besides been shouting from the extortion that the movie is to beryllium released connected January 9. I applied arsenic aboriginal arsenic connected December 18 and went done the Tatkal process too,” the elder counsel added.
