Supreme Court allows Bangalore High court to hear the cheating case against Rajinikanth's wife Latha

The Supreme Court has permitted the Bangalore court to hear the cheating case filed against Latha Rajinikanth. Rajinikanth's wife Latha will have to appear in person as per the court orders.
Rajinikanth starrer 'Kochadaiiyaan' was released in 2014, and the film was made using motion capture technology. Murali of Media One Entertainment received Rs. 6.2 crore loan and Latha Rajinikanth had signed as a guarantee for Murali's loan.But 'Kochadaiiyaan', which was made on a huge budget, did not gross considerably as it failed to attract the audience. In this situation, Ad-Bureau filed a fraud case in Bangalore High Court in 2016, alleging that Murali, the owner of Media One, did not return the loaned money. Therefore, the police registered a case against Murali and Latha Rajinikanth under the headings of attempt to cheat, tampering with the evidence, and submission of false report, and filed a chargesheet in the court.
Following it Latha Rajinikanth filed an appeal in the Karnataka High Court seeking quashing of the police chargesheet. The High Court heard the case and quashed only Sections 196 (forgery of the document), 199 (submission of false statement to court), and 420 (fraud) of the Indian Penal Code, stating that adequate evidence was not submitted. But allowed the Bangalore High Court to proceed with the trial under the tampering of evidence sections.
Hence, Ad-Bureau filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against the Bangalore High Court's dissolution of the 3 sections while Latha Rajinikanth filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against the Bangalore court's trial.

After the latest hearing Supreme Court has allowed that Latha Rajinikanth may file a petition in the Bangalore court seeking exoneration in the cheating case, and ordered if the court asks for a hearing, and Latha Rajinikanth should appear in person. The court also asked both parties to resolve the issue through mediators.