Overview

• The city civil and sessions court issued the July 4 order after a suit by Kannada Sahitya Parishat to protect language sentiments
• the injunction forbids Haasan from posting, issuing, publishing or making any statements claiming linguistic superiority over Kannada
• plaintiffs led by Nadoja Dr Mahesh Joshi filed the representative suit under civil procedure laws safeguarding cultural rights
• the action responds to Haasan’s April 24 remark during Thug Life promotions that “Kannada was born out of Tamil,” which provoked a state-wide ban and a Supreme Court release order
• Haasan has not withdrawn his comment or apologised and must comply with the restraint until the next hearing on August 30