Samuganeedhikalvipanpattumaiyam, v. Chief Secretary

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 23.07.2025

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.M.SUBRAMANIAM AND THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE A.D.MARIA CLETE W.P(MD)Nos.15291 and 16160 of 2020 and W.M.P(MD)Nos.12849, 12850 & 13531 of 2020 W.P(MD)No.15291 of 2020 Samuganeedhikalvipanpattumaiyam, Represented by its Secretary, S.

Perumal, No.8, Rajakalyani Street, Thandaiperiyar Nagar, Avanyapuram, Madurai - 625 012.

... Petitioner Vs.

1.Chief Secretary Government of Tamil Nadu, Rajaji Road, Fort St. George, Chennai, Tamil Nadu -600 009.

2.The Director General of Police - Tamil Nadu, Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai, Mylapore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu - 600 004.

3.The Central Board of Film Certification, Rep. by its Regional Officer, 35, Haddows Road, Shastri Bhavan, Chennai-600 006.

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4.YouTube LLC, 901, Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, California - 94066., United States of America.

5.Google Inc., 1600, Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain view, California - 94043, United States of America.

6.Facebook India Online Services Private Limited, Level 17, Wing B, Two Horizon Center, Harizan Colony, Sector 43, Gurugram, Haryana - 122 022.

7.Rockfort Entertainment LLP, Represented by its Partner, Mr.Muruganantham, No.50, Shankarakrupa Flats, Ground Floor, Lakshmana Swamy Salai, KK Nagar, Chennai - 600 078.

8.Santhosh Peter Jaikumar Director and Hero.

9.Hari Baskaran Producer.

10.Akriti Singh Actress.

11.Danieal Annie Pope, Actor.

12.Meenal, Acress.

13.Motta Rajendran Actor 2/9

14.The Government of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by the Secretary, Ministry of Information, and Broadcasting, A Wing, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi - 110 001.

15.The Government of India, Rep. by the Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information and Technology, Electronics Niketan, No.6, CGO Complex, Lodhi Raod, New Delhi - 110 003.

(RR14 and 15 are suo motu impleaded vide Court order dated 30.11.2020) ... Respondents PRAYER: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying this Court to issue a Writ of Mandamus to forbear the 3rd respondent from granting certification to any movie which is not in accordance with the guidelines issued by the 3rd respondent and permanently injuncting the Respondents 7 to 13, their men, agents staff or any person claiming through them, from releasing the movie "IrandamKuthu" or the contents therefrom, in any form of media and consequently direct the respondents 7 to 13 to pay costs to the tune of Rs.5 Crores towards any institution as fixed by this Court. 3/9

For Petitioner :

Mr.Rajagopal Vasudevan For Respondents :

Mr.M.Sarangan Addl. Govt. Pleader (for R1) Mr.T.Senthikumar Addl. Public Prosecutor (for R2) Mr.P.Subbiah (for RR3, 14 & 15) No appearance for R7 W.P(MD)No.16160 of 2020 M.Lakshmi ... Petitioner Vs.

1.The State of Tamil Nadu, rep. by its Principal Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The Principal Secretary to Government, Department of Information Technology, Secretariat, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

3.The Regional Officer, Central Board of Film Certification, Shastri Bhavan, 35, Haddows Road, Chennai- 600 006.

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4.The Director General of Police, State of Tamil Nadu, Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai, Mylapore, Chennai - 600 004.

5.Rockfort Entertainment, rep. by its Proprietor, Shankara Krupa Flats, No.50, Lakshmanaswamy Salai, Ponnambalam Colony, Sector 7, K.K.Nagar, Chennai - 600 078.

6.Santhosh P.Jayakumar Director, 2nd Main Road, Valasaravakkam, Chennai.

7.You Tube LLC 901, Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, California - 94066., United States of America.

8.Google Inc., 1600, Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain view, California - 94043, United States of America.

(R7 and R8 are suo motu impleade vide court order dated 11.11.2020) ... Respondents PRAYER: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying this Court to issue a Writ of Mandamus forbearing the respondents from releasing the feature film namely Iruttu Arayil Murattu Kuthu - Irandam Kuthu ( 2020 ) by considering the petitioners representation dated 05.11.2020.

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For Petitioner :

Mr.R.Jeyaprakash For Respondents :

Mr.M.Sarangan Addl. Govt. Pleader (for R1 & R2) Mr.T.Senthikumar Addl. Public Prosecutor (for R4) Mr.P.Subbiah (for R3) COMMON ORDER [Order of the Court was made by S.M.SUBRAMANIAM, J.] It is represented that the grievance of the petitioner has been redressed.

2. In view of the above, the relief sought for in these writ petitions has become infructuous. Hence, these writ petition are dismissed as infructuous. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are closed.

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To 1.Chief Secretary Government of Tamil Nadu, Rajaji Road, Fort St. George, Chennai, Tamil Nadu -600 009.

2.The Director General of Police - Tamil Nadu, Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai, Mylapore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu - 600 004.

3.The Regional Officer, Central Board of Film Certification, Shastri Bhavan, 35, Haddows Road, Chennai- 600 006.

4.The Secretary, The Government of Tamil Nadu, Ministry of Information, and Broadcasting, A Wing, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi - 110 001.

5.The Secretary, Government of India, Ministry of Electronics and Information and Technology, Electronics Niketan, No.6, CGO Complex, Lodhi Raod, New Delhi - 110 003.

6.The Principal Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

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7.The Principal Secretary to Government, Department of Information Technology, Secretariat, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

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S.M.SUBRAMANIAM, J.

and DR.A.D.MARIA CLETE, J.

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