Chennai

When the condone delay plea of Sun Pictures came up for hearing, Justice M Sathyanarayanan asked its counsel why there was such inordinate delay in filing the counter affidavit.

"How do you expect the court to accept this after a delay of five years for filing the counter," the Judge asked and directed Sun Pictures to pay a fine of Rs 25,000.

The money should be paid to the Government Leprosy Mission Hospital at Manamadurai, the Judge ordered and posted the matter to June 8 for further hearing.

Aarur Tamilnadan, a writer, has filed the petition in 2010 claiming that the producers have used his story "Jugiba" which was published in a Tamil weekly and claimed Rs 1 crore as compensation.

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