Copyright Suit In Bombay High Court Seeks Stay On Release Of Shahid Kapoor Starrer "Jersey"

The suit is likely to be heard by Justice Riyaz Chagla for interim reliefs of a stay of the movie's release today.

The respondents include producers Dil Raju, Brat Film through Aman Gill, Allu Aravind, Telugu film producer Suryadevara Naga Vamsi and actor Shahid Kapoor.

In 2007, Jaiswal claims he got his script titled "The Wall" registered with the Film Writers Association. He alleged that several aspects of his script like the concept and story idea have been plagiarised.

It is the writer's contention that the plagiarism is both in Tollywood - Telugu film industry, and Bollywood. The south Indian film went by the same name. It is this film that is being remade in Hindi now.

Jaiswal has accused the defendants of colluding with each other by remaking a script obtained from a third party to avoid paying him royalty.

According to the suit Jaiswal's script is also about a male protagonist and cricket. The script was about a youth who gave up on the sport early on in life who later makes his family proud.

Finally, he has sought that the defendants cease and desist from further propagation of the plagiarised version of the film. Therefore, a permanent injunction be granted on releasing the film in any theatre or otherwise.