CHENNAI: After months of legal battle, music director Ilaiyaraaja has finally got the approval of the Madras high court to enter Prasad Studios to collect his belongings.
Justice N Sathish Kumar permitted one-day access to the musician into the premises of the studio as he agreed to the conditions imposed by the owners of the studio to withdraw cases filed against them and not to interfere with their affairs. The issue pertains to a plea moved by Ilaiyaraaja seeking to restrain the owners of the studio from interfering with his possession of a recording theatre in the studio premises.
He further sought ₹50 lakh as compensation for mental agony caused due to forcible eviction. Besides entry, the musician has also been allowed to meditate in the recording theatre before taking back his belongings. On Wednesday, when the plea came up for hearing, counsel for the music composer filed a memo and submitted his willingness to vacate the premises with three assistants.
Recording the same, the court said, “Two music assistants and one personal assistant of the composer can accompany the music director when he will be collecting his belongings from the music studio." The court added that the musician can mediate in the theatre in the presence of court-appointed advocate commissioner V Lakshminarayanan and the counsels.
Making it clear that the entire exercise shall be completed from 9 am to 4 pm, the court also directed the Chennai police commissioner to provide police protection.
The court left it open for the parties to decide the date convenient to them.