Madras High Court has restrained film actor and producer Vishal from releasing movies – either produced or financed by him – in cinema theatres or OTT platforms until he deposits Rs 15 crore in the account of the high court registry as per a single judge’s order.
The first bench of Acting Chief Justice T Raja and Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy passed the orders while disposing of a letters patent appeal filed by Vishal challenging the single judge’s order passed on September 9, 2022.
The single judge had directed him to deposit Rs 15 crore in the registry’s account after hearing a petition filed by Lyca Productions which claimed the actor owed Rs 30 crore by way of taking over his debt of Rs 21.3 crore from Gopuram films of Anbu Chezhian.