Delhi HC allows Sushant's father to approach single judge over release of film

The Delhi High Court Monday granted liberty to father of Sushant Singh Rajput to approach the single judge with his grievances surrounding the release of a film purportedly based on the late Bollywood actors lifeA bench of Justices Rajiv Shakdher and Tawant Singh said the parties were ldquofree to advance their standrdquo before the single judge in view of the fact that the film Nyay The Justice now stood released on a digital platformThe division bench was hearing the appeal filed by Rajputs father Krishna Kishore Singh against the singlejudge order refusing to stay the release of the filmldquoContentions of the appellant Krishna Kishore Singh will be examined in the background of the film that is available on Lapalap Original websiterdquo the division bench said while disposing of the appealIt clarified that in case the makers of the film were going to bring any changes to it information would be given to Singh who would be at liberty to approach the single judge if so advisedSenior Advocate Vikas Singh appearing for the late actors father argued that the makers had committed fraud and perjury as they made a ldquocompletely false statement on oathrdquo pertaining to the release of the film on June 11The senior advocate said that the video uploaded on the digital platform had 72minute content missing from it and was merely ldquoan assortment of shootingrdquo which could not be called as releasing the filmThe bench said Singh would be at liberty to filed review of the singlejudge order on these grounds if he comes to the view that there was a fraudSenior Advocate Chander Lall appearing for the filmmaker responded that the actors father could not act as a judge of the quality of the filmldquoWho is he Krishna Kishore Singh to dictate what should be the quality of the film Good or bad it is thererdquo Lall argued as he claimed that over three lakh people had already seen the film online and blank intervals were provided to accommodate any advertisementHe also said that the single judge order which was under challenge before the court was passed before the release of the film and therefore in terms of the order any grievance has to be raised before the single judge postreleaseLast month a vacation bench of the high court had issued notice in Rajputs fathers appeal against single judge order refusing to stay the release of several movies including Nyay The JusticeAn application was also filed by him claiming that the release of the film on the digital platform was nothing but a sham as it was incomplete completely smudged blur and hazy throughoutThe high court had however refused to pass any interim order to restrain further publication of the filmThe single judge had earlier said it found merit in the submissions of producers and directors that if information of events which have occurred is already in the public domain one cannot plead any violation of right to privacy on a movie inspired from such eventsSome of the upcoming or proposed movie projects based on his sons life are Nyay The Justice Suicide or Murder A star was lost Shashank and an unnamed crowdfunded filmThe high court had directed the filmmakers to render complete accounts of the revenue earned from the films if any case of damages is made out in future and listed the suit for completion of pleading before the joint registrarThe suit claimed that in case a movie webseries book or any other content of similar nature is allowed to be published or broadcasted it would affect the right of the victim and deceased for a free and fair trial as it may cause prejudice to themThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever