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The shaper of histrion Vijay-starrer Jana Nayagan has fixed a missive to the Madras High Court Registry for withdrawing a writ petition filed against the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) since the accumulation location had present agreed for a notation to the revising committee.
According to sources, the writ petition would beryllium listed nether the caption ‘For Withdrawal’ earlier Justice P.T. Asha connected Tuesday (February 10, 2026) since Vijayan Subramanian, the counsel-on-record for KVN Productions LLP, has expressed his client’s disinterest successful pursuing the litigation.
Originally slated to beryllium released connected January 9, 2026, Jana Nayagan had been watched by the CBFC’s five-member introspection committee connected December 19, 2025, and the accumulation location claimed to person received a connection connected December 22, 2025, stating that the committee had travel to the decision that the movie was suitable for U/A 16+ certificate if definite excisions were carried out.
KVN had accepted the proposal alternatively of appealing to the nine-member revising committee for a ‘U’ certificate and carried retired each the suggested excisions. The edited movie was resubmitted to the committee connected December 24, 2025. However, successful the meantime, 1 of the members of the monitoring committee sent a ailment to the CBFC Chairman Prasoon Joshi successful Mumbai.
The ailment read: “Dear Sir, I came to cognize that Tamil movie Jana Nayagan which is going to beryllium released crossed India has been approved by the Examination Committee astatine Chennai without pursuing owed procedure. The movie has shown visuals and dialogues successful which overseas powers creating spiritual struggle astatine ample standard successful India which whitethorn disturb spiritual harmony of this large country.”
It went connected to state: “There are galore Army related references successful the movie but nary defence adept has been included successful the Examining Committee to code these issues. There are procedural lapses during introspection of the movie which is gross usurpation of the Cinematograph Act and Rules. I americium an APM (Advisory Panel Member) subordinate and I person watched the movie connected December 19, 2025 but my objections were not considered during introspection of the film. So, we humbly petition you to intervene successful the process and nonstop the competent authorization to re-examine the film.”
After the receipt of this complaint, the CBFC connected December 29, 2025, instructed its Regional Office successful Chennai to enactment the certification process of Jana Nayagan connected clasp and connected January 5, 2026, the accumulation location was informed that the president had decided to notation the movie to the revising committee. The chairman’s determination was uploaded connected the e-cinepramaan portal connected January 6.
Hours earlier the determination was uploaded connected the portal, KVN Productions rushed to the Madras High Court with a writ petition seeking a absorption to CBFC to contented U/A 16+ certificate wrong 24 hours and obtained a luncheon question for an urgent proceeding of its lawsuit connected the aforesaid time afternoon.
Justice P.T. Asha heard the substance and directed CBFC to nutrient each applicable records related to the certification of Jana Nayagan connected January 7. After perusing the records and proceeding the arguments precocious by Additional Solicitor General AR.L. Sundaresan for the CBFC and elder counsel Satish Parasaran, assited by advocator Vijayan Subramanian, for the producer, the justice reserved her orders connected January 7.
She allowed the writ petition connected January 9 and directed the CBFC to contented the U/A 16+ certificate forthwith. Within a fewer hours connected the aforesaid day, the committee moved an urgent writ entreaty earlier the archetypal Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G. Arul Murugan of the Madras High Court and obtained an interim stay of the azygous judge’s order.
Though the accumulation location went connected appeal, the Supreme Court refused to interfere with the interim order. Thereafter, the writ entreaty was taken up for last proceeding and argued astatine magnitude earlier the archetypal Division Bench of the Madras High Court connected January 20 erstwhile the judges reserved their orders. The Bench delivered its judgement connected January 27, setting speech the azygous judge’s bid connected the crushed that she had not granted an accidental to the CBFC to record its antagonistic affidavit.
The Division Bench remanded the substance backmost to the azygous justice for a caller proceeding and granted liberty to the accumulation location to amend its supplication by challenging the determination taken by the CBFC president connected January 6. However, the accumulation location had neither filed a petition successful the High Court to amend its supplication nor approached the Supreme Court challenging the Division Bench’s order.
Instead, it had present decided to attack the CBFC’s revising committee and retreat its writ petition which had been revived and remanded to the azygous justice for a caller proceeding by the archetypal Division Bench.
