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Madras High Court refuses to reject suit against continuance of Nadigar Sangam office-bearers after expiry of term

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(from left) Actors Vishal Krishna, Nasser and Karthi. File
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The Madras High Court, on Wednesday (July 1, 2026), refused to reject a civil suit filed last year against the continuance of actors Nasser, Vishal Krishna and Karthi as president, general secretary and treasurer, respectively, of the South Indian Artistes Association, popularly known as Nadigar Sangam, even after the expiry of their three-year elected term on March 19, 2025.

Justice A.D. Maria Clete dismissed an application filed by the association member S.R. Sekar to reject the plaint filed by another member V. Nambirajan, questioning the continuance of the office-bearers even after the completion of their tenure. The plaintiff had challenged a resolution passed at the 68^th annual general meeting (AGM) on September 8, 2024, permitting them to continue in office till 2028.

The association contended before the court that the AGM had decided to permit the office-bearers, elected in 2022, to continue in office till 2028 in order to enable them to complete the construction of a multi-crore-rupee-worth convention hall, which was a dream project of the association. It was also stated that spending ₹40 lakh for the elections, before completing the convention hall, would cause a financial strain on the association.

Further, the court was told the association had expressed all these difficulties to the Registration department officials and, based on their recommendation, the Tamil Nadu government had issued a Government Order (G.O.) on October 14, 2025, extending the tenure of the office-bearers of Nadigar Sangam till March 19, 2028 and exempted it from conducting elections till then.

Nadigar Sangam counsel Krishna Ravindran had argued the plaintiff could not maintain the suit without challenging the G.O. in the manner known to law. He had contended the plaintiff would not be able to obtain any relief even if the suit gets decreed in his favour since the G.O. issued under Section 54 of the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act of 1975 would remain in operation.

The counsel had highlighted that the 1975 Act empowers the government to exempt registered socieities from conducting elections if it was satisfied with the reasons cited by the society concerned for not being able to hold elections once in every three years.

Published – July 01, 2026 01:30 pm IST

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Tamil Actors’ Body Proposes 5-Year Ban On Sexual Offenders In Film Industry

admin — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 17:37:51 +0000

Kerala Police have registered FIRs against popular Malayalam actors, directors. (Representational)

Chennai:

The ‘Nadigar Sangam’, the union representing film, television, and stage actors in Tamil Nadu, has passed a resolution following a meeting of its Gender Sensitisation and Internal Committee on Wednesday.

The resolution said that the Gender Sensitisation and Internal Committee would provide all legal help to the victims of sexual harassment in the Tamil film industry.

It also said that If a woman comes forward with a complaint regarding sexual harassment or other related offences, it must be thoroughly investigated and if the complaint if found to be true, a recommendation would be made to the producers’ association to ban the perpetrators for five years from the film industry.

According to the resolution, a warning would initially issued to the alleged preparators after which action will follow.

The Committee said the victims can register their complaints with the actors’ body through a dedicated phone number that has already been established while a new email ID has also been created for the purpose.

The Nadigar Sangam also said that it would provide full support to those who want to lodge complaints against contents in YouTube channels.

In its statement, the actors’ body advised the victims to first approach the Committee before speaking to the media directly about their complaints.

It may be recalled that after the Hema Committee report revealing rampant sexual exploitation of women in the Malayalam film industry was made public by the Kerala government, several complaints have been lodged against leading film personalities of the state.

Kerala Police have registered FIRs against popular Malayalam actors Mukesh, who is also a sitting CPI-M MLA, Siddik, Jayasurya, Edavela Babu, Baburaj, along with directors Ranjith and V.K. Prakash.

Following the developments in the neighbouring state, similar allegations were raised by some Tamil women actors, prompting the Nadigar Sangam to hold a meeting of its Gender Sensitisation and Internal Committee.

Popular Tamil actor and Nadigar Sangam General Secretary Vishal told mediapersons that if any woman has complaints of sexual abuse, she can reach out to the Committee which will ensure that justice is delivered.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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