Vijay film Jana Nayagan release delayed further
Bengaluru, Jan. 28 -- The Madras high court on Tuesday set aside the January 9 single-bench order directing the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to grant actor-politician Vijay's Tamil film Jana Nayagan UA16+ certification, further delaying its theatrical release.
A bench of Chief Justice MM Shrivastava and Justice Arul Murugan said the single bench should, at the very least, have given CBFC an opportunity to "file a counter-affidavit". It ordered the single bench to hear the matter afresh.
KVN Productions, which produced the film, maintained CBFC chairperson acted without jurisdiction in reopening the certification process after the Examining Committee had cleared the film, subject to cuts and modifications.
CBFC moved the division bench challenging the January 9 order. It argued that Justice PT Asha, the single judge, erred in directing it to grant a UA16+ certificate-which means a film is cleared for "unrestricted but with caution for children below 16 years old." CBFC added that the order was passed without giving it an adequate opportunity to be heard....
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