NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed Tamil film director and politician Seeman and an actor, who lodged a case against him in 2011 alleging rape on the false promise of marriage, to apologise to each other.

A bench comprising Justices B V Nagarathna and R Mahadevan was hearing Seeman's plea challenging a Madras High Court order refusing to quash the case against him.

The top court also directed both the parties not to make any statements on the media or social media regarding the case.

"Put an end to all this. You both withdraw all the allegations," the bench said.

The top court had earlier directed Seeman to tender an unconditional apology to the actor.

During Wednesday's proceedings, however, the bench said the apology was not "apologetic enough".

Seeman is facing ch

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