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Supreme Court Quashes 2011 Case Against NTK Chief Seeman After Mutual Settlement

Court-supervised affidavits with apology, withdrawal, non-contact undertakings, plus media restraints brought formal closure to the 13-year case.

Overview

  • The bench of Justices B. V. Nagarathna and R. Mahadevan set aside the Madras High Court order and directed that the FIR be quashed.
  • Seeman filed an affidavit offering an unconditional apology, retracting allegations against the actor, and pledging no contact.
  • The complainant withdrew her complaint and FIR in an affidavit that also commits to making no statements about Seeman in any media.
  • The Court recorded assurances that members of Seeman’s Naam Tamilar Katchi would refrain from remarks about the complainant, following a request from her counsel.
  • The ruling ends a case that began with a 2011 FIR citing IPC Sections 417, 420, 354, 376, 506(1) and the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act after an alleged relationship from 2007 to 2011.