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New Delhi, July 10 (PTI) The Supreme Court today opened the way for criminal proceedings against the wife of Rajinikanth superstar, Latha Rajinikanth, on a complaint from an agency of publicity, by annulling a decision of the High Court of Karnataka. The agency had alleged in her private complaint that she had ventured into the post-production of the film "Kochadaiiyaan" of 2014, produced by Mediaone Global Entertainment Ltd, on Latha's personal guarantee and had financed Rs 10 crore for this. She was the director of the production company
. A court headed by Judge Ranjan Gogoi said that the high court was "not justified" to cancel the proceedings against Latha, following a court of first instance ruling on the l 's complaint. advertising company. AD-Advertising Bureau Pvt Ltd
"This is a case that should have been tried, you (Latha) can apply for a discharge at an appropriate stage," said Judge R Banumathi and Navin Sinha.
The court order came on a plea filed by the advertising agency against the order of March 10, 2016 of the High Court of Karnataka quashing the proceedings against Latha.
The advertising agency had claimed that Mediaone Global Entertainment Ltd. owed Rs 10 crore plus Rs 1.2 crore being the "guaranteed profit", but the amount was not refunded.
During today 's hearing, Latha' s attorney told the court that they had previously pleaded "through the agency as 39; they had agreed to pay Rs 20 crore to Mediaone Global Entertainment Ltd but later paid only Rs 10. crore.
"Just because they (agency) did not give you Rs 20 crore, will keep- you all they "
At the beginning, the attorney of the agency told the court that Latha had not paid them the money in accordance with the commitment that he She had previously taken to the trial court
. this, the bench said, "we have closed this chapter.We will now decide on the merits.You tell us what was the complaint and on what grounds the High Court had annulled it."
The Council of the advertising agency read out the order of the High Court and stated that the proceedings had been canceled on the grounds that
The court, while canceling the order of the high court , told the Latha Lawyer that under the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), there were different stages in a case and she has the right to go to court
On July 3, the trial court withdrew Latha for failing to honor her pledge to pay Rs 6.2 million to the advertising agency
] Mediaone Global Entertainment Ltd had previously denied responsibility. Latha had stated that the commitment given by his lawyer to the court was without instructions.
On February 20, the trial court had declared that if Mediaone did not pay the membership fee to the AD-Advertising Advertising Agency Pvt Ltd within three months. Latha should have paid the amount according to the pledge given by her.
Latha had previously approached the High Court after a trial court referred the private complaint to the police for investigation. PTI ABA MNL SJK ARC ARC RKS
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