The Bombay high court on 17th February asked Manish Mishra, a ‘social worker’, who has challenged a film based on the life of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, if he even knew its contents to be objecting to it. Mishra, who appealed against the December 22, 2020 dismissal of his interim plea for injunction in a suit filed by him in the Dindoshi (Bombay) civil court over Nyaay: The Justice, told the court that the film maligned the reputation of Sushant and was based on distorted facts. His appeal urged the high court to restrain producer Sarla Saraogi from releasing, exhibiting, displaying and advertising her film.
Justice Prithviraj Chavan of the high court questioned Mishra’s locus standi to file the suit and his personal interest. The producer’s advocate told the court that the civil court judge had said, unless the film was released, it could not be said that it showed distorted facts.
Justice Chavan posted the hearing of the appeal for the first week of March, saying that there was no urgency. When the producer told the court that the studio dealing with the film’s post-production work would not be able to complete its work in case Mishra informed it about his appeal, Justice Chavan said that there was no need to be afraid if someone was doing something correctly.
