See if dispute can be settled, HC tells Sushant Rajput's father, filmmakers

The Delhi High Court Wednesday suggested that Sushant Singh Rajputs father and the makers of a film purportedly based on the late Bollywood actors life make an attempt at finding a solution to their disputeTalk to each other and see if it can be worked out said Justice Talwant Singh while hearing Krishna Kishore Singhs appeal against the singlejudge order refusing to stay the release of the film Nyay The JusticeIndependent of the proceedings we will try to resolve said senior advocate Jayant Mehta representing Kishore SinghSenior advocate Chander Lall appearing on behalf of the film director also agreed to the suggestion and said that there was ldquono intention to take advantagerdquoJustice Rajiv Shakdher who was heading the twojudge bench remarked however that the case did not seem like ldquoone of those cases where settlement is possiblerdquoThe court issued notice and granted a week to the filmmakers to respond to Kishore Singhs application seeking a stay on further circulation or publication of the movieThe court noted that the application contained certain documents which were not before the singlejudge and thus suggested that an application for the said relief be filed before the single judge itselfLall highlighted that in the judgement under challenge the singlejudge has already given liberty to Kishore Singh to come back to it after the release of the film in case of any fresh grievancesMehta however stated that he would want to take his chance before the division bench and that the documents only reinforced the stand already taken by his client in the plea before the single judgeHe argued that the single judge had erroneously ruled that celebrity rights ceased to exist after death and that the movie was merely inspired from the life of RajputMehta emphasised that there were media interviews given by the actors associated with the film that it was based on the late actors life and having a disclaimer at the start of the film was not sufficientInspired is a convenient stand It is not correct Mehta said as he contended that even the victims have a right to fair trialMehta urged the court to pass a direction to restrain any further multiplication of film between Wednesday and the next date of hearingLall said that he would not give any assurance in this regard as his client had a judgement in his favour and the film had already been releasedThe court declined to pass any order at this stageLast week as well the court had refused to pass any such direction to restrain further circulation observing that the film had already been released on a websiteIn the application Singh said that the release of the film on website called lapalap original was ldquonothing but a shamrdquo as it was ldquoincomplete completely smudged blur and hazy throughoutrdquoSince the movie is incomplete it has not been released the application saidLast month a vacation bench of the high court had issued notice in the appealThe 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 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