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News18
7 hours ago
- Entertainment
- News18
Actor Kamal Haasan Chooses Not To Apologise For His Remarks On Kannada; Won't Release ‘Thug Life
When Chakravarthi Rajagopalchari in 1950s had apologised for saying Kannada is evolved from Tamil, why can't Haasan, the Court had asked earlier Tamil movie Thug Life will not be released in Karnataka as part of its worldwide launch on June 5, as actor Kamal Haasan chose not to tender an apology for his statement that 'Kannada is born out of Tamil' despite a suggestion made in this regard by the High Court of Karnataka to put an end to the controversy. n18oc_indiaNews18 Mobile App -
The Hindu
17 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Hindu
‘Thug Life' controversy: When C. Rajagopalchari had apologised for saying Kannada evolved from Tamil, why can't Kamal Haasan, asks Karnataka High Court
The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday (June 3, 2025) gave time till 2.30 p.m. to actor Kamal Haasan asking whether he wants to apologise for his statement that 'Kannada is born out of Tamil' while pointing out that Governor-General of India C. Rajagopalachari had apologised for making a similar statement in the 1950s. When persons like Rajagopalacharari can apologise, why can't Kamala Haasan, the Court asked the advocate representing Raajkamal Films International, which has sought police protection in Karnataka for the smooth release of Mr. Haasan's Tamil film Thug Life as the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce and various pro-Kannada organisations have opposed its release in Karnataka till the actor isssues an apology. Situation of unrest Justice M. Nagaprasanna posed this question to Senior Advocate Dhyan Chinnappa whilewhile asking if it wasn't Mr. Haasan who had created a situation of disharmony and unrest in Karnataka with his statement. Mr. Haasan is one of the directors of the petitioner-company. The petitioner-company was represented in the court by V. Narayana, another director. 'You may be Kamal Haasan... but any citizen has no right to hurt sentiments of masses. There are three things people are very emotional to, that is Nela, Jala and Bhashe, (land, water and language)... All these three things are important to any citizens. You know division of this country is on linguistic lines. The states are formed on linguistic lines. So you [Mr. Haasan] know importance of language,' the Court observed orally. 'Is Mr. Haasan a historian?' The Court further observed 'a public figure like Mr. Haasan makes a public statement on public forum that a language is born out of another a language when no language can be born out of any other language... Where is the material to support it. And what has happened because of that statement is unrest, disharmony.... What did people of Karnataka ask? An apology. Now you have come up before the court seeking police protection for the circumstance created by you. Have people of Karnataka created this circumstance?' When Court asked the advocate whether Mr. Haasan was a historian, the advocate said that that the actor had already clarified that he was not a historian and that his statement was taken out of context. To this, the Court asked on what basis Mr. Haasan had made the controversial statement . Protection on commercial interest Justice Nagaprasanna pointed out to Mr. Haasan's advocate that Mr. Rajagopalachari, in response to a letter written by Kannada writers, had sent an apology in writing for making a statement that Kannada had evolved out of Tamil. 'One apology [by Mr. Haasan] would have solved everything,' the Court said while pointing out that Mr. Haasan is before this Court to protect his commercial interest.
The Hindu
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Hindu
Actor Darshan allowed to travel abroad for film shoot
The 57th Civil and Session court in Bengaluru on Friday permitted Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa to travel abroad for his film shoot. The accused, who is the second accused in the murder of Renukaswamy, a medical store employee from Chitradurga, had sought the court's permission to travel to Europe and Dubai for the shooting of the movie 'Devil' from July 1 to 25. The accused's counsel argued that he is an actor by profession and the right to travel is one of the fundamental rights guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution. In his application, the actor said that he had no occupation for his livelihood except acting, and he was the sole breadwinner of his family. The counsel also submitted that the High Court of Karnataka, while modifying the order, directed him to seek permission from this court whenever he requires to travel abroad for any reason. Considering the plea, the court granted him permission to travel for 25 days starting from July 1, with a condition that he presents himself before the court as he returns from the shoot abroad without seeking any exemption. The court has also directed him to submit the itinerary of his travel.
The Hindu
3 days ago
- The Hindu
Doping charge: Karnataka High Court sets aside four-year ban imposed on national level basketball player Shashank Rai
Terming the actions of anti-doping agencies 'a classic illustration of breach of sample integrity' and absence of fair hearing, the High Court of Karnataka set aside the four-year ban imposed on State's national-level basketball player Shashank J. Rai in 2022 after he tested positive of a prohibited drug in a dope test. Justice M. Nagaprasanna passed the order recently while allowing a petition filed by Mr. Rai, a national-level basketball player, who is a Deputy Range Forest Officer in the State. Mr. Rai was banned from basketball for four years in October, 2022, and the Anti-Doping Appellate Authority (ADAA) in April, 2024, rejected his appeal against the ban. 'From pork, not drug abuse' The court said that the agencies, including ADAA had failed to apply their mind in the manner known to law on the claim of the player, who presented his case with vital material rooted in plausible biochemical explanation. The player claimed that he is a regular pork eater, and exogenous traces of 19-Norandrosterone (19-NA) substance detected in his urine were consistent with the ingestion of meat from un-castrated male pigs and not attributable to anabolic steroid abuse, the court said, while pointing out that ADAA had 'neither called for further investigation nor explained its rejection of the material produced by the player' in support of his claim. The court said that it is mindful that anti-doping adjudication operates under a regime of strict liability but that 'does not mean that strictness in liability does not mandate callousness in process'. 'The foundational requirements of principles of natural justice cannot be sacrificed projecting administrative expediency,' the court said, while pointing out that results of the initial dope test were not disclosed to the player either in the notice of charge or in the order of ban, but was disclosed only before the ADAA. This was in violation of Section 22(8) of the Act, which mandates fair hearing and reasoning, the court said. Pointing out that the sample of his urine travelled all over, from Bengaluru to New Delhi to Rome, the court said that this is a classic illustration of breach of sample integrity as the norms of Section 21 of the National Anti-Doping Act, 2022, which would require accurate, verifiable and documented procedure of sample handling, were breached. Suffered ignominy Pointing out that once a sportsperson is found accused of doping, his past achievements become suspect, the court said that 'it is therefore necessary for the authorities, who deal with cases of suspected doping to observe punctilious exactitude in the observance of procedure and consideration of all material produced by the sportsperson suspected of doping in an enquiry or an appeal.' The petitioner, a national sportsman and a civil servant in uniform, has 'now suffered the ignominy of public censure and has seen his professional aspirations wither under the cloud of suspicion due to non-application of mind by the ADAA on the unimpeachable explanation rendered by the player/petitioner with documents of sterling quality', the court observed.
The Hindu
4 days ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
Scientifically assess crop cultivation and yield to determine required number of procurement centres, Karnataka High Court directs govt.
Taking note of the fact that the traditional harvest seasons have changed owing to climatic variations, the High Court of Karnataka has directed the State government to conduct a scientific study in every district to assess the nature of crops cultivated and estimated quantity of foodgrains likely to be brought by farmers to procurement centres, prior to determining the number and location of such centres. Petition of farmers A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice N.V. Anjaria (as he then was) and Justice K.V. Aravind issued the directions while disposing of a PIL petition filed by Raitha Sena Karnataka of Navalgund taluk in Dharwad district. Though the Bench did not accept the petitioner's request for keeping open the procurement centres on a permanent basis on all the 365 days of the year, it found it necessary to direct the government to open additional centres and beyond the traditional harvest seasons as both the Centre and State government had admitted that there has been a considerable change in traditional harvest seasons due to geographical and climatic changes. If the procurement centres are found to be insufficient when procurement of agricultural produce at Minimum Support Price (MSP) commences, the Bench said, the Deputy Commissioner of the district concerned should ensure that adequate additional centres are established and made operational within the procurement period to meet the demand. The number of required procurement centres has to be determined by the district MSP task force, chaired by the Deputy Commissioner of the respective district, the Bench said. Beyond traditional season In view of the fact that crop harvesting now extends beyond the traditional harvesting seasons, and in order to ensure that farmers are adequately remunerated through the MSP mechanism and are not compelled to resort to distress sale through middlemen, the State government should establish at least one procurement centre in each taluk for a period of two months beyond the procurement period fixed by the Government of India, the Bench said. However, the Bench made it clear that depending on the geographical conditions and the quantity of foodgrains produced in a particular region, the State government will have the discretion to keep procurement centres open beyond the period prescribed in this order, as may be necessary to ensure that the objectives of the MSP scheme are effectively achieved.
