India, March 6 -- The Kerala High Court on Thursday declined to entertain a PIL seeking to change the title of the film 'The Kerala Story 2-Goes Beyond' and pulled up the petitioners for casting aspersions on the division bench, which paved the way for the movie's release.

A bench of Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar VM was severely critical of certain remarks in the public interest litigation by Chandramohanan KC, a retired teacher and social activist, and Mehnaz P Mohammed, a lawyer.

When the matter was taken up, the bench pointed out that petitions related to the movie were pending before a single-judge bench and a division bench and therefore, it would not be appropriate for it to take up the PIL.

Chief Justice Sen sa...