The wife of actor-politician Rajinikanth, Latha Rajinikanth, will face trial for not complying with an undertaking to pay ₹6.2 crore that she owed to a movie distribution company for the post-production work of Tamil film Kochadaiyaan.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside a Karnataka High Court decision of 2016 to quash criminal proceedings against Ms. Latha. Justice Ranjan Gogoi said in the apex court, “It is a fit case for commencement of trial.”
On February 20, the apex court said if the firm — Mediaone Global Entertainment Ltd., a company in which Ms. Latha is a director — does not pay the dues to Ad-Bureau Advertising Pvt. Ltd. within three months, Ms. Latha would have to pay the amount as per her undertaking.
The court was hearing an appeal filed by Ad Bureau against an order passed by the High Court on March 10, 2016 quashing criminal proceedings pending before a magistrate court in Bengaluru.