HC gives four weeks time to CBFC to file its counter

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court today directed the Censor Board to file its counter in four weeks on a petition seeking a direction to prevent depiction of "Thiruman", an insignia sported by Vaishnavites on their foreheads, to portray the concept of getting cheated in films.
Justices S Tamilvanan and V S Ravi gave four weeks time to CBFC to file the counter following a request from Assistant Solicitor General G R Swaminathan who submitted that as almost all members of the Board had resigned and the new Board has to be reconstituted it was not possible to give a counter immediately.

Justice Tamilvanan agreed with the counsel for Periyanambi Sri Narasimha Gopalan, a Vaishnavite, that no person had the right to hurt the religious sentiments of others by projecting a religious symbol in bad light.
The counsel said "Thiruman was actually a depiction of Lord Narayana's lotus feet and it was not fair on the part of movie-makers to project it as sign to refer to the gullible or naive person.