SC refuses to stay release of Rajinikanth's 'Kaala'
New Delhi, June 6 : The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to block the release of Rajinikanth starrer Tamil film "Kaala" saying that it cannot put on hold the screening just a day ahead of its release.
Observing that everyone was waiting for its release, a vacation bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice Ashok Bhushan told petitioner K. Rajasekharan that he would be entitled to compensation if his plagiarism claim of his original story "Karikalan" was sustained.
"Kaala" is produced by Wonderbar Films with Pa. Ranjith as director and Rajinikanth in the lead. "Kaala" is set to release on Thursday.
Rajasekharan had moved the top court challenging a Madras High Court decision to hear his plea against the release of the film on June 16.
Rajasekharan has claimed that he had authored the fictional story about Chola King Karikalan when he was studying in Class 12.
Petitioner's advocate Akash Kakade said his client had applied for the copyright which is valid for 60 years.
He said the title of the film "Karikalan" was registered with the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce which was renewed for 10 years.
Kakade said that in 1994 eight songs, which were to be used in the proposed film, were registered and released. But he could not go ahead with the making as he did not get dates from Rajinikanth and also faced a cash crunch.
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MSP demand: Farmer organisations SKM, KMM to start fast unto death from Nov 26
Chandigarh, Nov 16: The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (non-political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha on Saturday announced that they will intensify their agitation in support of various demands, including a legal guarantee for MSP, by observing fast unto death from November 26.
Addressing the media here, SKM (non-political) leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal accused the Centre of not taking any steps to accept their demands.
Dallewal said he will begin the fast unto death from November 26 at the Khanauri border point. "From November 26, we will start fast unto death."
The farmer leader said the Centre has not held talks with the protesting farmers regarding their demands since February 18.
The SKM and the KMM are spearheading the 'Delhi Chalo' march by farmers to press the government to accept their demands.
The protesting farmers have been staying put at the Shambhu and Khanauri border points between Punjab and Haryana since February 13, when their march was stopped by the security forces.
They are also demanding the implementation of the Swaminathan Commission's recommendations, pension for farmers and farm labourers, no hike in electricity tariff, withdrawal of police cases and "justice" for the victims of the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence, reinstatement of the Land Acquisition Act, 2013, and compensation to the families of the farmers who died during a previous agitation in 2020-21.
