Jaipur court rejects plea against 'Toilet: Ek Prem Katha'
Jaipur
Aug 5, 2017
A local court here on Saturday rejected
a plea seeking a stay on the release of Akshay Kumar starrer "Toilet:
Ek Prem Katha".
The arguments in the case were completed on August 2 and judgment was
reserved for Saturday.
"After hearing arguments for three successive days, the Jaipur
Metropolitan Court prima facie found no merit in the case and rejected
the application," S.S. Hora, counsel for Viacom18, told IANS.
"We will study the judgement and then decide our future course of
action," G.D. Bansal, advocate for Jaipur based filmmaker Pratik
Sharma, who had brought a copyright infringement case against the
makers of "Toilet: Ek Prem Katha".
Sharma brought the case against Plan C Studios, an alliance between
Reliance Entertainment and Friday Filmworks helmed by Neeraj Pandey and
Shital Bhatia, and Viacom18 on July 7 in a Jaipur Metropolitan Court.
Sharma had alleged that the makers of "Toilet: Ek Prem Katha" had
lifted the punchline and the subject from his film "Gutrun Gutar Gun".
The court on July 26 asked the makers of "Toilet: Ek Prem Katha" to
file a reply or enter into arguments in the case of copyright violation
on July 31.
The court had earlier issued a notice returnable on July 22, but as a
strike by the clerical staff was going on, the court gave the
respondents July 26 as a new date for filing their reply.
"Toilet: Ek Prem Katha", directed by Shree Narayan Singh, deals with
the need of sanitation in India and is based on Prime Minister Narendra
Modi's Swachh Bharat campaign. It features Bhumi Pednekar with Akshay
and will release on August 11.
Jaipur
Aug 5, 2017
A local court here on Saturday rejected
a plea seeking a stay on the release of Akshay Kumar starrer "Toilet:
Ek Prem Katha".
The arguments in the case were completed on August 2 and judgment was
reserved for Saturday.
"After hearing arguments for three successive days, the Jaipur
Metropolitan Court prima facie found no merit in the case and rejected
the application," S.S. Hora, counsel for Viacom18, told IANS.
"We will study the judgement and then decide our future course of
action," G.D. Bansal, advocate for Jaipur based filmmaker Pratik
Sharma, who had brought a copyright infringement case against the
makers of "Toilet: Ek Prem Katha".
Sharma brought the case against Plan C Studios, an alliance between
Reliance Entertainment and Friday Filmworks helmed by Neeraj Pandey and
Shital Bhatia, and Viacom18 on July 7 in a Jaipur Metropolitan Court.
Sharma had alleged that the makers of "Toilet: Ek Prem Katha" had
lifted the punchline and the subject from his film "Gutrun Gutar Gun".
The court on July 26 asked the makers of "Toilet: Ek Prem Katha" to
file a reply or enter into arguments in the case of copyright violation
on July 31.
The court had earlier issued a notice returnable on July 22, but as a
strike by the clerical staff was going on, the court gave the
respondents July 26 as a new date for filing their reply.
"Toilet: Ek Prem Katha", directed by Shree Narayan Singh, deals with
the need of sanitation in India and is based on Prime Minister Narendra
Modi's Swachh Bharat campaign. It features Bhumi Pednekar with Akshay
and will release on August 11.
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