A Bombay city civil court on 6th September granted Salman Khan interim relief against a parody online game, ‘Selmon Bhoi’. It ordered temporary restraint on access to the game which is allegedly based on the star’s accident case of 2002. Salman’s lawyers had moved a plea against Parody Studios Pvt. Ltd. and its director, saying that the game developers intentionally gained commercial advantage by exploiting the personality rights of the actor without seeking Salman’s consent. The main suit is for perpetual injunction against the game.
It was found that the name of the game and images, prima facie, matched with Salman Khan’s identity. Judge K.M. Jaiswal also noted that it was prima facie found to allude to the hit-and-run case involving the actor. The court granted the defendants time to file their reply.