HC closes petition seeking action on actor Prakash Raj

August 18, 2015 02:44

The Madras high court today closed a PIL filed against actor Prakash Raj, objecting to an advertisement which was allegedly "degrading and demeaning" to women and girls of marriageable age and seeking action against the actor who had endorsed the advertisement.

The first bench, comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice T S Sivagnanam, on the PIL by S Safiath, said in its order that the focus seems to be on the first Prakash Raj as he happens to be an actor."

"We are, thus, not inclined to entertain the PIL and it is for the petitioner to first put the concerned persons advertising their product to notice and to take action in accordance with law thereafter in view of the various remedies available. The petition is closed in the aforesaid terms", the judges said.

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