Madras HC imposes Rs 1 lakh fine on Mansoor Ali Khan, refuses permission to file defamation suit against Trisha: Report

Earlier this month, the High Court had rebuked Khan for initiating the defamation suit. When the matter came up on December 11, Justice N Sathish Kumar had observed that it was Trisha who should have approached the court, against Khan’s remarks about her. He added that the actor should know how to behave in public, especially when a lot of people see actors as role models, Live Law quoted Justice Sathish Kumar as saying.

The controversy began during a media interaction when Khan made misogynistic remarks about Trisha, expressing regret for not having a “bedroom scene” with her in Lokesh Kanagaraj’s film Leo. He also mentioned his involvement in numerous “rape scenes” in the past.

Following this, Trisha herself, apart from Lokesh, Telugu megastar Chiranjeevi, singer Chinmayi Sripaada, film producer Archana Kalpathi, actor and NCW member Khushbu Sundar, director Karthik Subbaraj and actor Malavika Mohanan, slammed Khan for his statements.

Though he ‘apologised’ to Trisha later, the actor soon took a U-turn and moved the court to file a defamation suit against Trisha and others for their social media comments about him.

A case was registered against him under sections 354 A (sexual harassment) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code on the basis of a complaint filed by the National Commission for Women at the Thousand Lights all-women police station in Chennai.