SC slaps Govinda Rs 5 lakh fine

The supreme court today directed Bollywood actor Govinda to pay Rs 5 lakh as compensation besides expressing ‘sorry’ to one Mr Santosh Rai for slapping him during a shooting of his film. The case related to a movie- Money hai to honey hai, shot in 2008. When the shooting had been going on in an area in Mumbai, Santosh Rai and some other onlookers have forcibly entered into the location without permission. An irate Govinda thrashed Santosh and slapped him. Deeply hurt over the behaviour, Santosh has filed a defamation suit in a local court and then High Court- in vain. He later moved the supreme court and finally got justice. The judge rejected Govinda’s contention that he manhandled Santosh as the latter has misbehaved with some women junior artistes. The judge ordered the actor to pay the amount of Rs 5 lakh and say sorry personally in fifteen days.