{"id":42608,"date":"2016-04-21T09:46:10","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T04:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=42608"},"modified":"2016-04-21T09:46:10","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T04:16:10","slug":"madras-hc-rs-25k-fine-sun-pictures-delay-counter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/madras-hc-rs-25k-fine-sun-pictures-delay-counter","title":{"rendered":"Madras HC Rs 25k fine on Sun Pictures for delay in counter"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_42180\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42180\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/Chennai_High_Court.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"42180\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/madras-hc-refuses-quash-lower-court-order-dna-test\/chennai_high_court\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/Chennai_High_Court.jpg?fit=250%2C167&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"250,167\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Madras High Court\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Madras High Court&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Madras High Court&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/Chennai_High_Court.jpg?fit=250%2C167&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/Chennai_High_Court.jpg?fit=250%2C167&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-42180 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/Chennai_High_Court.jpg?resize=250%2C167&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Madras HC Rs 25k fine on Sun Pictures for delay in counter\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Madras HC Rs 25k fine on Sun Pictures for delay in counter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Madras High Court today imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on Sun Pictures owned by media baron Kalanidhi Maran for a five-year delay in filing its counter to a plea that alleged that the company had used plagiarised story line for Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai starrer Enthiran released in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How do you expect the court to accept this after a delay of five years for\u00a0filing the counter,&#8221; the Judge asked and directed Sun Pictures to pay a fine of Rs 25,000.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Aarur Tamilnadan, a writer, has filed the petition in 2010 claiming that the producers have used his story &#8220;Jugiba&#8221; which was published in a Tamil weekly and claimed Rs 1 crore as compensation.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madras High Court today imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on Sun Pictures owned by media baron Kalanidhi Maran for a five-year delay in filing its counter to a plea that alleged that the company had used plagiarised story line for Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai starrer Enthiran released in 2010. 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