The election for the South Indian Artistes Association
(SIAA) would be conducted by a retired High Court judge and the election
process would have to be completed in three months’ time, the Madras
High Court has held.
Hearing an appeal filed by the
present office-bearers of the SIAA, the First Bench comprising Chief
Justice S.K. Kaul and Justice T.S. Sivagnanam named former High Court
judge Justice E. Padmanabhan to preside over the SIAA elections and
further directed him to complete the process within three months.
Note
SIAA general secretary Radha Ravi had filed an appeal
against a single judge’s interim order granting a stay on the
notification for the election, originally scheduled for July 15, while
hearing a plea filed by actors Vishal, Nasser and Karthi.
The
court had earlier directed the Registrar of Cooperative Societies to
appear in person to assist in explaining the bylaws of the SIAA with
regard to the conduct of its elections. Actors Vishal, Nasser and Karthi
had in their plea levelled allegations against the present
office-bearers of the SIAA and had sought for a retired High Court judge
to conduct the elections.
It may
be noted that it was Justice Padmanabhan who presided over the SIAA
elections in 2005 too.
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