Supreme Court Restrains TM Krishna From Being Recognised As Recipient Of Subbulakshmi Award

The Supreme Court on Monday passed an interim order stating that Carnatic vocalist and activist TM Krishna not be recognised as a recipient of the Sangita Kalanidhi MS Subbulakshmi award, reported Live Law.

The Music Academy in Chennai presented the award to Krishna at its 98th annual ceremony on Sunday.

On Monday, a bench comprising Justices Hrishikesh Roy and SVN Bhatti stated that Krishna is “restrained from projecting himself as a recipient of the award”.

The bench was hearing a petition by V Shrinivasan, Subbulakshmi’s grandson, against a Madras High Court order that allowed the conferring of the Sangita Kalanidhi Award to Krishna.