Ram Charan Teja's latest outing Toofan and its Hindi version
Zanjeer have been cleared from all legal problems on September 2, 2013.
The Bombay High Court has dismissed the application of Salman Khan's
father Salim and Javed Akhtar, who were seeking interim injunction on
the release of director Apporva Lakhia's Zanjeer remake starring
Priyanka Chopra in the female lead.
After hearing the case the Bombay High Court held that Salim-Javed had
approached the court with an incorrect case, twisted their case in the
course of hearing, belied their initial story pleaded in their plaint
and failing to substantiate their incorrect case attempted to procure
certain affidavits and letters which the court refused to give credence
to.
Case Against Ram Charan's Toofan Rejected
Salim Khan has made incorrect statements before the court and has given
explanations on oath before the court which on the face of it is
incorrect. The court has opined that, prima facie it is Shri Prakash
Mehra who was the owner of the copyright in the underlying literary work
of the original film Zanjeer and not Salim-Javed as contended.
The court has also importantly observed that, even if the court had
reached a conclusion in favour of Salim-Javed holding copyright, as
alleged, Salim-Javed would still not be entitled to any reliefs sought
by them on ground of their deliberate delay in initiating the aforesaid
legal action. In fact, the Court has categorically concluded that they
were certainly guilty of delay on their own part in approaching the
court.
The court has also observed that acceptance of Salim-Javed's case of
mandatory injunction in the facts and circumstances would be totally
unfair to the producers, as from day one up to the completion of the
shooting Salim-Javed have repeatedly claimed money for their alleged
case of copyright infringement hence disentitling them of any injunctive
relief.
The court has observed that the balance of convenience lies in favour of
the defendants requiring rejection of the reliefs sought by
Salim-Javed.
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