A City Civil Court on Thursday restrained Muthoot Finance Corporation Ltd and Muthoot Pachchappan Group and their agents from selling sliver coins with the image of Rajinikanth.
The group had planned to release the coins on Friday when Rajinikanth's movie Kabali is slated for release.
The 44th city civil court judge VH Waddar, while hearing a petition by Value Mart Gold and Jewel, gave an interim stay.
Value Mart told the court that it had planned to mint the coins and circulate them through Muthoot Group and had even discussed with Rajinikanth. Muthoot Group hijacked the project and decided to mint and circulate the coins, Value Mart advocates told the court.