A Magistrate Court in Ooty has ordered summons to actor Surya to appear before it on December 19. The order was issued on a defamation case filed by a journalist.


Ooty Judicial Magistrate R Subramaniam was hearing a plea by M Rozario, a freelance journalist hailing from Ooty, who alleged that the above actors made derogatory remarks on journalists and their families during a meeting in 2009.

"At a meeting organized by the South Indian Film Artistes Association in Chennai to condemn a Tamil daily for publishing an article that allegedly brought disrepute to actors, these persons attacked all journalists in general, speaking of them in a derogatory manner," Rosario said.

According to K Vijayan and P Senthilkumar, counsels of the complainant, "After several hearings and cross verification, a prima facie case was made out by the court following which summons have been ordered."