Overview

• The bench told both sides to issue mutual apologies and to retract all allegations.
• Justices B. V. Nagarathna and R. Mahadevan barred either party from speaking to the media or on social media about the case.
• The judges said Seeman’s previously filed apology was not sufficiently apologetic and sought an unconditional version.
• The Supreme Court was hearing Seeman’s plea against the Madras High Court decision keeping the case alive, which remains pending before the top court.
• Charges on record include rape, criminal intimidation, cheating, and an offence under the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act, with the complainant alleging a 2007–2011 relationship based on a promise of marriage.