Kaali poster row: Supreme Court temporarily protects filmmaker Leena Manimekalai from coercive action in FIRs

The Court also directed that existing and subsequent FIRs against the filmmaker be clubbed together, as multiple FIRs in several States would cause serious prejudice to her.
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The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily protected filmmaker Leena Manimekalai from coercive action on the basis of First Information Reports (FIRs) registered against her for depicting Hindu Goddess Kaali smoking a cigarette in a poster of her upcoming film. [Leena Manimekalai v. Union of India]

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