KVN Productions approached the Supreme Courtroom against a January 9 issue of a Excessive Courtroom Division Bench, which froze the implementation of a Single Settle Bench’s nod to the issuance of U/A 16+ certificates to the movie, effectively stalling its instantaneous unlock sooner than Pongal.
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The manufacturing dwelling of Vijay-starrer Jana Nayagan moved the Supreme Courtroom of India on Monday (January 12, 2026) against an issue of end handed by a Division Bench of the Madras Excessive Courtroom over the certification of the movie.
KVN Productions approached the Supreme Courtroom against a January 9 issue of a Excessive Courtroom Division Bench, which froze the implementation of a Single Settle Bench’s nod to the issuance of U/A 16+ certificates to the movie, effectively stalling its instantaneous unlock sooner than Pongal.
The manufacturing dwelling has arraigned the Central Board of Movie Certification (CBFC) and its Regional Officer as respondents in the case old to the Supreme Courtroom.
The Division Bench’s issue got here hours after the Single Settle Bench directed the CBFC to field the censor certificates to the movie reported to be Mr. Vijay’s swan music.
The manufacturing firm had before the entirety sought an intervention from the Excessive Courtroom on the flooring that despite a CBFC examining committee clearing the movie for the issuance of U/A 16+ certificates, the Board’s chairman had unilaterally made up our minds to send the movie for review to a revising committee.
The manufacturing dwelling’s counsel had submitted old to the Single Settle that round ₹500 crore had been invested in the manufacturing of the movie and it became as soon as expected to hit the silver conceal worldwide on January 9, 2026. That they had argued that the movie had been submitted for certification as early as December 18, 2025.
It became as soon as argued at some level of the Single Settle Bench hearing that the five-member examining committee of the CBFC had watched the movie on December 19, 2025 and unanimously prompt issuance of UA 16+ certificates to it after itemizing out the excisions required to be made. This resolution had been communicated to the manufacturing dwelling on December 22, 2025.
The producers had made the cuts and re-submitted the edited model on December 24, 2025. Therefore, the manufacturing dwelling became as soon as told on December 29 that the Board had made up our minds to field a U/A certificates. Nonetheless, on January 5, in a sudden volte face, the Regional Officer of CBFC claimed the chairman had made up our minds to refer the movie to a revising committee.
The CBFC had countered that considered one of many five participants of the examining committee had despatched a criticism to the CBFC chairman stating that his objections weren’t regarded as effectively old to creating the recommendation.
The Cinematograph (Certification) Solutions of 2024 empowered the chairman to refer a movie to the revising committee if he/she became as soon as no longer happy with the solutions made by the examining committee. The Board argued that the judicial review on the deserves of issuance of censor certificates became as soon as restricted.
Inviting the CBFC allure against the Single Settle issue, the Division Bench acknowledged the Single Settle must occupy granted time for the Board to file its counter affidavit old to passing the issue in favour of the issuance of the censor certificates for the movie.
Published – January 12, 2026 01:22 pm IST
