SC raps make-up artist body for charging Rs 1L for membership

The Supreme Court on Monday rapped Bollywood’s make-up artists association for charging Rs 1 lakh each for granting membership to woman make up artist and <g data-gr-id="13">hair dresser</g>, saying it was acting like a “<g data-gr-id="15">self appointed</g> moral police”.

A Bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and R Banumathi asked the Registrar, with whom the Cine Costume Make Up Artists and Hair Dressers Association (CCMUAHA) is registered, to seek an explanation from the association as to why it has been charging Rs one lakh for according membership. “We direct the Respondent no. 5 (CCMUAHA) to file its explanation with the Respondent no. 4 (Registrar) within four weeks,” it said.

On being pointed out that the CCMUAHA was charging a hefty sum for enrolling women as Make-Up Artist and Hair Dresser, it said, “We have already delivered the judgement...it (CCMUAHA) is acting like the self-appointed moral police.” The CCMUAHA, which was earlier pulled up for not granting membership to women, on Monday informed the court that petitioner Charu Khurana has so far not approached it to collect its membership card after furnishing the requisite bond. Earlier, CCMUAHA had told the court that it would issue “magnetic” identity cards to women, who have been granted membership of the association, in pursuance of a court order, in two months.