SC Stays Kerala HC Bail Condition Prohibiting Playing Varaha Roopam Song In ‘Kantara’ – FilmyVoice
The Supreme Court docket on Friday stayed the situation imposed by the Kerala Excessive Court docket, directing the producer and director of the Kannada superhit film “Kantara” to not exhibit the movie with the music “varaha roopam” in the interim.
A bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud stated that petitioners shall current earlier than the Investigating Officer on February 12 and 13, including that within the occasion they’re arrested, then producer Vijay Kirgandur and director Rishab Shetty be launched on bail instantly topic to circumstances on trial court docket.
Earlier this month, the excessive court docket had granted anticipatory bail to the director and producer in a case registered in a Kozhikode police station alleging plagiarism within the music.
The highest court docket issued discover to the Kerala authorities and sought its reply in two weeks.
Senior advocate Ranjit Kumar, representing Kirgandur and Shetty, challenged some circumstances within the excessive court docket order. The bench famous Kumar’s submissions and handed the interim order.
The highest court docket additionally criticised the excessive court docket for imposing such a situation and noticed that copyright points can’t be determined in an anticipatory bail software.
It additional added that the excessive court docket felt very strongly that you simply folks have plagiarised anyone’s music, and orally noticed, “however the level is you possibly can’t impose these circumstances for granting anticipatory bail. You possibly can’t determine a copyright go well with in an anticipatory bail”.
It has been alleged that “Varaharoopam” was an unauthorised copy of the music “Navarasam” proven on the Malayalam music channel Kappa TV.
The excessive court docket laid out 5 circumstances and requested them to give up earlier than the investigating officer for 2 days on February 12 and 13 between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. for interrogation.
