High Court directs 'Martin' producers to include director in promotional events, posters
Bengaluru: On Friday, the Karnataka High Court directed the producers of Kannada film 'Martin', starring Dhruva Sarja, to use a tagline, 'A P Arjun Film', in all the posters and promotional documents for the movie in future. Director Arjun had approached the court questioning the producer's actions regarding his non-inclusion in any promotional activities of the pan-India action-movie set to release on October 11.
A vacation bench of the court comprising Justice S R Krishna Kumar and Justice M G Uma heard a commercial appeal filed by film director A P Arjun and ordered the producers to use a tagline declaring the name of director in all promotional activities. Further, it directed the producers to permit the director to participate in the promotional events for the movie.
The bench asked the tagline 'A P Arjun Film' to be included in all posters of the movie in future, exempting the already printed materials. Directing the producers to include the director in all promotional events, it also set a condition to Arjun that he must not express any negative comments on the film or its team in these events.
The court issued notices to the film production company Vasavi Enterprises and its owners Uday Mehta and Vasavi Mehta, regarding this. Further hearing was adjourned till October 14.
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Karnataka Assembly Speaker seeks probe after Aadhaar cards found on riverbank in Mangaluru
Mangaluru (Karnataka) (PTI): Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker U T Khader on Wednesday sought an inquiry after a large number of Aadhaar cards were found on the banks of the Nethravathi River here.
The cards were found at Farangipete in Pudu village of his Mangaluru Assembly constituency.
Khader, in a note to the Project Manager of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Bengaluru, sought immediate intervention and necessary action against those responsible.
In the note dated March 4, he said that local residents noticed the Aadhaar cards along the riverbank on March 3.
Following information received from the public, the Pudu Gram Panchayat president and villagers collected the Aadhaar cards found scattered in the area. They subsequently brought the matter to his attention and the concerned authorities, he said.
Expressing concern over the incident, the Speaker has directed that a thorough investigation be conducted to ascertain how such a large number of Aadhaar cards ended up on the riverbank and to identify those responsible.
He instructed officials to initiate appropriate legal action through the concerned department at the earliest.
