The Supreme Court on Thursday paved the way for the release of Amitabh Bachchan’s film Jhund on an OTT platform on May 6 by staying a Telangana High Court order that had prohibited its online exhibition.
An apex court bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and A.S. Bopanna said the high court, while hearing a case of copyright violation, had overlooked the principles concerning the grant of interim relief in such matters, adding that prima facie the impugned order was against the balance of convenience.
“The impugned order is stayed. The SLP (special leave petition) is listed for final disposal on Friday next (May 13),” the bench said.
The high court had on April 29 ordered status quo on the release of Jhund on OTT platforms in its interim order passed on a plea by Hyderabad-based filmmaker Nandi Chinni Kumar. The plea alleged copyright violation by the makers of Jhund, a biographical sports film based on the life of Vijay Barse, founder of the NGO Slum Soccer.