Plea for action against songs denigrating women dismissed

Justice K Kalyanasundaram and Justice S Vaidyanathan sitting in the principal seat in Chennai as vacation judges, dismissed a plea seeking to direct the TN Police to take action against all concerned who projected women in bad taste on technical grounds since the High Court had been moved on the same day the petition was submitted to the Government. 

A woman advocate P Balambal on citing the FIR registered against actor Simbu and music director Anirudh on the “Beep Song Row” said “The police without defining and knowing the authoritative meaning of the words merged with the beep sound and without knowing the place/Country from where it was uploaded registered a case.”

The petitioner on questioning the act of the State police in registering the FIR against Simbu and Anirudh, wondered whether the police will exhibit the very same speed and initiate follow-up action against all persons who project women in bad taste.  She also noted that women were being insulted not only in TV and press, but also in films, particularly in films songs, dialogues and pictures meant for public view.

A notice has been issued to the state government on a PIL seeking a direction to authorities to inspect schools and buildings to study their fitness post heavy rains. A division bench comprising justices K.Kalyana Sundaram and S.Vaidyanathan issued notice to the State on a PIL filed by journalist V. Anbazhagan to direct authorities to run a safety check on schools and buildings post the rain. The petitioner submitted that the recent heavy rains had affected Chennai, Thiruvallur, Kancheepuram and Cuddalore. He submitted that schools and colleges in these districts were closed for a month because of rains and inundation and the buildings had become structurally weak and there was likelihood of their collapsing. He submitted that authorities without inspecting the buildings granted permission to open the institutions, particularly government and government-aided schools, not “fit enough” to accommodate the students. As authorities have not responded to his representations requesting them to inspect the school and college buildings in the rain affected districts and study their strength and fitness, he filed the PIL, the petitioner submitted.

A City Civil Court here declined to grant relief the members who were removed from the South Indian Cine, TV and Dubbing Artistes Union.  G.T. Ambika, VII Assistant Judge of the City Civil Court in her order declining to grant relief to expelled members of the South Indian Cine, TV and Dubbing Artists Union said that the petitioners have failed to establish a prima facie case and refused to restrain the Union from taking action against the petitioners and dismissed the interlocutory application. The judge also observed that the petitioners can very well agitate their issues before the other courts where their civil suit and a writ petition are pending. The petitioners contended that by an order dated April 11,2015 the association removed them from the Union for having moved the High Court challenging the deduction of 10% of their wages and for getting an interim injunction restraining the association from deducting the above 10%.