Jailed gangster Rajendra Nikalje alias Chhota Rajan on June 1 moved the Bombay high court against Netflix’s web series Scoop, directed by Hansal Mehta. The series is streaming on the OTT platform from today (June 2).
According to Chhota Rajan, the “use or misuse of the attributes of his personality” without his prior consent amounted to infringement of his “personality rights” and defamation. Rajan, who is lodged in Tihar jail in Delhi, sought a stay on the release of the series and an order to take down the trailer. He sought a permanent injunction restraining the makers of the web series from infringement of his personality rights. He sought damages of Re. 1 to be paid to him.