By Gopal EthirajCHENNAI, 05 August (asiantribune.com) : A compensation of Rs. one crore was claimed by a mother and daughter for publishing their photographs in the government advertisements on AIDS control programmes.
The claim was made through a writ petition in the Madras High Court and for a direction to the State government to pay the sum for publishing the photographs of a 25-year-old woman and her five year-old daughter without their consent.
Justice K Suguna, before whom the writ petition from M Thilagavathi and her minor daughter M. Prathiba of Triplicane, came up for hearing on Monday, the Court ordered notice to the authorities concerned, returnable by August 5.
According to advocate of plaint, neither the first petitioner nor her daughter were suffering from aids. However, their photographs were displayed in the banners relating to aids awareness campaign, displayed all over the State. The photographs were neither given by the petitioners nor taken with their permission.
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