A
city
sessions
court
on
Friday
granted
an
interim
stay
against
the
broadcast
of
a
tele-serial
on
the
slain
sandalwood
smuggler
Veerappan
on
Makkal
TV
till
October
26.
Additional
sessions
judge
R.
Sadaiyandi
granted
the
stay
following
a
civil
miscellaneous
appeal
preferred
by
V.
Muthulakshmi,
wife
of
Veerappan,
challenging
the
vacation
of
the
stay
by
the
VIII
assistant
city
civil
court
on
September
17.
Muthulakshmi
contended
that
she
had
a
right
to
safeguard
her
privacy
and
also
that
of
her
family,
marriage
and
lives
of
her
daughters.
"None
can
publish
anything
concerning
the
above
matters
without
my
consent
whether
truthful
or
otherwise
and
whether
laudatory
or
critical," she
submitted.
Elephant
poacher-turned
sandalwood
smuggler
Veerappan
was
shot
dead
by
the
Tamil
Nadu
police
in
a
gun
battle
in
2004.
The
125-episode
serial,
titled
"Santhanakadu"
(sandalwood
forest),
was
scheduled
to
go
on
air
from
October
15.
Earlier,
she
had
made
an
emotional
appeal
to
the
channel
not
to
telecast
the
serial,
saying
it
would
cause
psychological
trauma
to
her
two
teenage
daughters.