Madras HC restrains conferring award on MS Subbulakshmi’s name to T M Krishna
New Indian ExpressCHENNAI: Holding that the institution of the Sangita Kalanidhi MS Subbulakshmi Award is against her wish and mandate as reflected by her will, the Madras High Court has restrained the conferment of the award on popular Carnatic musician TM Krishna. The Sangita Kalanidhi MS Subbulakshmi Award, which is a mirror award conferred to the recipient of the Sangita Kalanidhi award of Chennai Music Academy every year, has been instituted by the English daily The Hindu. Importantly, the court green signalled the conferment of the Sangita Kalanidhi Award, instituted by the Music Academy, to him. Justice G Jayachandran, on Tuesday, passed the orders while dismissing an application filed by the Music Academy praying for rejecting the plaint moved by Subbulakshmi’s grandson V Shrinivasan challenging the conferment of the award to Krishna as the latter had allegedly made disparaging comments against her.