Two days before the release of Farhan Akthar's Don 2,
starring Shah Rukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra, an appeal has been filed
seeking stay on the movie alleging copyright infringement.
A division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice Roshan Dalvi has kept the appeal for hearing tomorrow.
Legal heirs of Nariman Hirani, who had originally owned the rights of the film Don released in 1978, had filed a suit before a single judge who dismissed it on December 19 citing delay in approaching the court.
An
appeal was Wednesday filed by Nariman Films and Hirani family
challenging the single judge's order and seeking a stay on the release
of the movie Don 2 saying it has violated copyrights by adopting the Don signature tune, songs of the original 1978 movie and also the script and characters.
Nariman Hirani has claimed that the rights for remaking Don was shared in 2005. However, it was valid only till 2009.
They have claimed that the director and producers, including Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, of Don 2 did not buy any rights for making the sequel.
The
single judge had refused to stay release of the film but kept the
prayer for damages to be decided at a later stage. Nariman Films have
claimed damages to the tune of Rs200 crore.
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