Award to TM Krishna can't carry MS Subbulakshmi name: Madras high court
Published On : 2024-11-20T05:17:20+0530 [ IST ] |
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The Madras High Court has restrained the Chennai-based Music Academy from conferring the 2024 "Sangita Kalanidhi M S Subbulakshmi" award to singer T M Krishna.
Justice G Jayachandran however said there is no bar on conferring the award without using the name ofMS Subbulakshmito recognise the achievement of Krishna. The "mirror award" therefore cannot carry M S Subbulaks
The judge passed the order on a plea moved by V Shrinivasan grandson of Carnatic legend MS Subbulakshmi that contended that conferring the award on Krishna would amount to awarding a "Bhakti" prize to an atheist considering the "vile
In his ruling on Tuesday Justice Jayachandran said: "The best way to honour a departed soul is to respect her wish and not disrespect it," pointing to her desire not to institute any award in her name.
According to Shrinivasan after the demise of his grandmother in 2004 the academy along with an English daily instituted a cash award of Rs 1 lakh in 2005 styled as the "Sangita Kalanidhi M S Subbulakshmi Award" to perpetu
It was awarded every year together with the Music Academy'sSangita Kalanidhi Award during its annual concert season. On March 17 the academy issued a press release announcing the conferment of the award on T M Krishna at its 98th annual conference in
Over the last decade or so Krishna has resorted to vile, vituperative and scandalous attacks against Subbulakshmi in the press and on social media Shrinivasan said.
Source : Reporters From Sunrise Chronicles
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The Madras High Court has restrained the Chennai-based Music Academy from conferring the 2024 "Sangita Kalanidhi M S Subbulakshmi" award to singer T M Krishna.
Justice G Jayachandran however
