Telangana HC initiated contempt proceedings against Home Department Secretary CV Anand and BookMyShow CEO Ashish Hemrajani after ‘Akhanda 2’ premiere shows were screened despite an interim suspension. The bench directed both to file explanations ahead of the next hearing

Hyderabad: Justice NV Shravan Kumar of the Telangana High Court on Friday came down heavily on the State government and BookMyShow after learning that premiere shows of ‘Akhanda 2’ were screened despite the court’s interim suspension of permissions. The matter was taken up as a lunch-motion.

The judge noted that although the court had earlier put all special-show approvals on hold, screenings were still held across the city. Calling the development a direct affront to judicial orders, the court directed that contem

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