Hyderabad: The Supreme Court on Thursday granted respite to Telugu film actor M. Mohan Babu by staying an order of the AP High Court with regard to alleged misuse of the Padma Shri award.
The AP High Court had directed the ministry of home affairs to recommend to the President that the award granted to the actor be withdrawn as it was established that the actor had prefixed the award to his name in publicity material for his films. This is in violation of the rules laid down by the government.
Aggrieved by the order, Mohan Babu had moved a special leave petition. The counsel representing the actor filed an affidavit assuring that his client will not prefix the award before his name in future, and the earlier action was was due to lack of knowledge.
The counsel also submitted that that his client had already complied with the HC direction to remove any mention of the award with his name from his films and publicity material.
