Mad as
High
Cou t
g a ts
a ti-pi acy
i ju ctio
to
Batwa a
1947
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The
Mad as
High
Cou t
has
g a ted
a
i te im
i ju ctio
to
Aami
Kha
P oductio s
to
p eve t
the
u autho ised
o li e
a d
cable
dist ibutio
of
its
ece tly
eleased
Pa titio
d ama,
‘Batwa a
1947’.
I
a
o de
passed
o
August
14
i
Aami
Kha
P oductio s
vs
BSNL,
Justice
K
Su e de
di ected
i te et
se vice
p ovide s
to
block
websites
hosti g
pi ated
copies
of
the
film,
offe i g
the
p oductio
house
c ucial
legal
cove
just
as
the
movie
hits
theat es.
Why
the
cou t
g a ted
the
i ju ctio
Acco di g
to
Ba
a d
Be ch,
the
cou t
passed
the
di ectio
afte
obse vi g
that
the
p oductio
house
was
likely
to
suffe
i eve sible
i ju y
u less
the
u lawful
b oadcast
of
the
film
was
p eve ted.
Justice
Su e de
oted
that
i
matte s
of
this
atu e,
i eve sible
i ju y
is
likely
to
occu
u less
the
u lawful
b oadcast
is
stopped
i
time,
maki g
the
i te im
elief
ecessa y
to
safegua d
the
film’s
comme cial
i te ests
du i g
its
c ucial
theat ical
wi dow.The
cou t
also
issued
otice
to
the
espo de ts,
the
mobile
a d
i te et
se vice
p ovide s
(ISPs)
amed
i
the
case,
a d
sought
thei
espo ses.
The
i ju ctio
will
emai
i
fo ce
u til
Septembe
11,
whe
the
matte
is
ext
scheduled
to
be
hea d.
How
the
cou t
established
copy ight
ow e ship
The
p oductio
house
elied
o
the
Ce t al
Boa d
of
Film
Ce tificatio
(CBFC)
ce tificate,
which
ide tified
it
as
the
film’s
p oduce ,
to
establish
its
claim.
The
Cou t
fou d
that
this
docume t
established
a
p ima
facie
case
ega di g
ow e ship
of
the
copy ight,
which
fo med
the
basis
fo
g a ti g
the
i te im
elief.Howeve ,
Justice
Su e de
also
oted
that
such
wide- a gi g
elief
could
affect
the
legitimate
busi ess
i te ests
of
o e
o
mo e
espo de ts.
The
i ju ctio
was,
the efo e,
made
co ditio al
o
the
p oductio
house
i dem ifyi g
the
espo de ts
agai st
a y
loss
caused
to
thei
legitimate
busi ess
ope atio s.
Advocate
S
Deepak
ep ese ted
Aami
Kha
P oductio s
i
the
matte .
About
‘Batwa a
1947’
Di ected
by
Rajkuma
Sa toshi
a d
p oduced
by
Aami
Kha
P oductio s,
‘Batwa a
1947’
is
a
poig a t
Hi di
pe iod
d ama
set
agai st
the
backd op
of
I dia’s
Pa titio
a d
the
divisio
of
Pu jab.
Adapted
f om
Asgha
Wajahat’s
acclaimed
play
‘Jis
Laho e
Nai
Vekhya,
O
Jamya
E
Nai’,
the
film
sta s
Su y
Deol
as
Sika de
Mi za,
a
Muslim
efugee
who
mig ates
with
his
family
to
a
dese ted
haveli
i
Laho e,
alo gside
P eity
Zi ta,
ma ki g
he
etu
to
ci ema
afte
eight
yea s,
a d
Shaba a
Azmi.
The
a ative
u folds
i to
a
deeply
emotio al
co flict
whe
the
family
discove s
the
haveli’s
fo me
Hi du
ow e ,
a
elde ly
mat ia ch,
still
defia tly
esidi g
i side.
Featu i g
a
sco e
by
A.R.
Rahma
a d
ly ics
by
Javed
Akhta ,
the
film
was
eleased
theat ically
o
August
14,
2026,
clashi g
at
the
box
office
with
‘Awa apa
2’
a d
‘Vishwa ath
a d
So s’.
The
legal
i fo matio
a d
cou t
developme ts
detailed
i
this
a ticle
a e
epo ted
st ictly
fo
ews,
i fo matio al,
a d
e te tai me t
pu poses
o ly.