Court dismisses producer Sandra Thomas plea difficult rejection of nomination for KFPA president submit

The Ernakulam Sub Court has dismissed the plea difficult the rejection of nomination filed by Malayalam movie producer Sandra Thomas to contest for the submit of president within the election to the chief committee of the Kerala Film Producers’ Association (KFPA).

Her interim purposes for holding the election below the court docket’s monitoring and to restrain the returning officer from appearing additional on any points associated to the conduct of the election had been additionally dismissed by the court docket on Wednesday. The election is scheduled on August 14, 2025.

In a Facebook submit, she termed the court docket verdict as ‘surprising and disappointing’. “I’ll seek the advice of authorized consultants to resolve on the long run plan of action”, she mentioned.

Her nomination papers for the posts of president and treasurer of the KFPA had been rejected on the grounds that she didn’t meet the eligibility standards for contesting to the submit of a key office-bearer. The returning officer claimed that she had solely produced two motion pictures below her manufacturing banner named Sandra Thomas Productions. However, the principles permitted her to contest for the submit of member of the chief committee for which she had filed the nomination.

She had approached the court docket stating that she was a managing accomplice of one other agency and the movies made by it had been censored below her identify. She mentioned the bylaws permitted an individual having three motion pictures censored of their identify to contest the election.

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B. Rakesh, and Saji Nanthiyattu are within the race for the submit of president of KFPA. Listin Stephen, Vinayan, Kalliyoor Sasi are the candidates for the submit of normal secretary. For the submit of vice-president, these within the fray embody Sophia Paul, Anand Kumar, and Sandeep Senan.