The Madras High Court on Thursday ordered notices to the Nadigar Sangam Charitable Trust's managing trustee R Sarath Kumar and Radha Ravi, over a plea against constructing a multiplex and shopping center within the South Indian Film Artistes Association (SIFAA) premises.
Justice R Subbiah ordered issuing of notices, while hearing a petition filed by S Murugan and P A Kaja Mohideen, who contended that the actors had did not constitute a board of trust, and that the truncated trust had only two members - Sarathkumar and Radha Ravi.
The plaintiffs also sought to declare as null and void the sub-letting of the valuables by Sarath Kumar and Ravi to a lessee/developer for a 29 year and 11 month period on furnishing a 'paltry' refundable security of Rs 1.44 crore.
'The charitable trust was created just for the welfare of the member artists of the South Indian Artists Association and if anything was done within the interest of the trust it must done only during the trust board', the plaintiffs contended.
