Supreme Court To Hear Tomorrow Plea Challenging Stay On "Jhund" Movie's OTT Release

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear tomorrow a plea challenging an order of the Telangana High Court which ordered status quo on the OTT release of the film "Jhund".

Senior Advocate C Aryama Sundaram mentioned the matter before the Chief Justice of India for urgent listing. 

"The movie is being released on OTT on May 6. It has already been released in theatres.  The OTT release as announced in March. On Friday, a one line order has been passsd by the High Court. They wanted to go back on a compromise. Their challenge to the movie's release was already dismissed", Sundaram submitted.

 The CJI agreed to list the matter tomorrow.

On April 29, a single bench of Justice P Sri Sudha passed the interim order on a petition filed by Hyderabad-based filmmaker Nandi Chinni Kumar alleging copyright infringement against the makers of Jhund.

"Let the status quo be maintained by both the parties till the next hearing of the matter i.e. 8th June,2022", the High Court's order said.

He had earlier sought injunction against the theatre release of the film, alleging breach of the terms of the settlement in an earlier case agianst the filmmakers. However, the Trial Court refused his plea to recall the settlement and allowed the film to be released in theatres. Accordingly, the film was released in theatres on March 4.

Meanwhile, Nandi Chinni Kumar moved the High Court challenging the trial court's order and on April 29, the interim order was passed.

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