Bollywood takes Republic TV, Times Now to court for 'tarnishing industry's image'
Top Bollywood producers have filed a plea in Delhi High Court seeking to restrain certain Media houses from making or publishing irresponsible, derogatory and defamatory remarks and to restrain them from conducting media trials of Bollywood personalities and interfering with the right to privacy of persons associated with Bollywood.
Top Bollywood producers have filed a plea in Delhi High Court seeking to restrain certain media houses like Republic TV and Times Now from making or publishing irresponsible, derogatory remarks against the film industry. The plea also alleges defamatory remarks and seeks to restrain the channels from conducting media trials of film personalities and interfering with the right to privacy of persons associated with Bollywood.
All the major production houses of Bollywood of stars like Shah Rukh, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Rohit Shetty, Ajay Devgan, Yash Raj Films have filed the case against defamatory reportage by Republic TV and Times Now.
The plea seeks the defendants abide by the provisions of the Programme Code under the Cable Television Networks Rules, 1994, and to withdraw, recall and take down all the defamatory content published by them against Bollywood.
The Plaintiffs are not seeking a blanket gag order against media reportage of the investigation in the cases relating to the death of Sushant Singh Rajput or of FIRs filed by the NCB, Mumbai. The Plaintiffs are merely seeking perpetual and mandatory injunction against the Defendants from carrying on reportage and publication of material that violates applicable laws, a joint statement by Bollywood producers said.
The suit has been filed by DSK Legal on behalf of the Plaintiffs.
This comes in the wake of these channels using highly derogatory words and expressions for Bollywood such as “dirt”, “filth”, “scum”, “druggies” and expressions such as “it is Bollywood where the dirt needs to be cleaned”, “all the perfumes of Arabia cannot take away the stench and the stink of this filth and scum of the underbelly of Bollywood”, “This is the dirtiest industry in the country”, and “cocaine and LSD drenched Bollywood”, the statement added.
(Edited by : Abhishek Jha)
First Published: Oct 12, 2020 4:57 PM IST
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