Adult Tamil movie New had a new lease of life with the Supreme Court on Monday staying the order of the Madras High Court, which had directed revocation of its Censor Board certificate on the ground it promoted vulgarity.

A Bench comprising Justice H.K. Sema and Justice B.N. Srikrishna, hearing a petition filed by Samm Creations which is the producer of the film, issued notice to Dravidar Kazhagam media secretary A. Arulmozhi, on whose petition the High Court had passed the order on August 5, 2005.

Appearing for the petitioner, senior advocate Mukul Rohtagi and advocate Vipin Nair, contended the High Court wrongly felt that the movie would influence young minds despite the fact the film was given an ‘A' certificate restricting its viewership to those over 18 years of age.

The High Court had directed the State Film Censor Board to revoke the certification of New holding that it had been filmed for the purpose of ‘arousing sensual feelings' of its viewers, especially the young.

Stating that if the court did not order revocation of the certification it would amount to allowing a ‘black spot to be alive' forever in the history of Tamil film world, the High Court had held "the film conveyed only one message namely vulgarity and vulgarity alone and nothing more".