The
Delhi
High
Court
Wednesday
sought
to
know
whether
movie,
Nyay:
The
Justice,
which
is
purportedly
based
on
the
life
of
late
Bollywood
actor
Sushant
Singh
Rajput,
has
been
released
as
scheduled
on
June
11
after
both
the
director
of
the
film
and
the
actor’s
father
gave
contradictory
statements
on
the
aspect.
The
High
Court
was
hearing
an
appeal
filed
by
Rajput's
father
Krishna
Kishore
Singh
challenging
a
single
judge’s
order
refusing
to
stay
the
release
of
the
movie
or
to
restrain
anyone
from
using
his
son's
name
or
likeness
in
movies.
A
vacation
bench
of
Justices
Anup
Jairam
Bhambhani
and
Jasmeet
Singh
raised
a
preliminary
query
whether
the
film
has
been
released
on
OTT
platform
as
was
scheduled
on
June
11.
“A
lot
depends
on
whether
the
movie
has
been
released
or
not.
If
it
has
been
released,
the
matter
can
wait
for
the
roster
bench.
If
it
has
not
been
released,
the
court
may
be
inclined
to
hear
it
now
(during
vacations),”
it
said.
The
bench
asked
if
the
movie
has
already
been
released,
can
it
now
reverse
it
and
“can
the
bell
be
unrung?”
Senior
advocate
Jayant
Mehta,
representing
Rajput’s
father,
said
it
has
not
been
released
yet.
However,
senior
advocate
Chander
Lall
for
the
film
director,
said
his
instructions
are
to
the
contrary.
To
this,
senior
advocate
Harish
Salve,
also
representing
Rajput’s
father,
suggested
that
this
fact
be
verified
before
proceeding
further
with
the
matter.
The
bench
said,
“let
the
fact
be
verified.
To
verify
this
aspect,
list
on
June
25.”
The
single
judge
had
on
June
10,
refused
to
stay
the
release
of
several
movies,
including
Nyay:
The
Justice,
saying
these
films
are
neither
portrayed
as
biopic
nor
factual
narration
of
what
transpired
in
his
life.
"Posthumous
privacy
right
is
not
permissible",
it
had
said
in
its
interim
order
on
a
plea
by
Rajput’s
father
to
restrain
such
films.
During
the
hearing,
Mehta
submitted
that
the
difficulty
was
not
only
release
of
the
movie
but
also
the
manner
in
which
the
order
was
passed
by
the
single
judge.
He
said
the
movie
is
going
to
infringe
upon
the
right
to
privacy
and
the
right
to
a
fair
trial
and
with
each
passing
day,
it
is
causing
damage
to
the
reputation
of
the
actor.
The
court
also
asked
the
counsel
for
plaintiff
to
serve
a
copy
of
the
appeal
to
the
advocate
for
the
film
director
who
claimed
they
have
not
received
it.
The
single
judge
had
earlier
said
that
it
found
merit
in
the
submissions
of
producers
and
directors
that
if
information
of
events
which
have
occurred
is
already
in
the
public
domain,
one
cannot
plead
any
violation
of
right
to
privacy
on
a
movie
inspired
from
such
events.
Some
of
the
upcoming
or
proposed
movie
projects
based
on
his
son's
life
are
--
Nyay:
The
Justice,
Suicide
or
Murder:
A
star
was
lost,
Shashank
and
an
unnamed
crowd-funded
film.
The
court
had
directed
the
filmmakers
to
render
complete
accounts
of
the
revenue
earned
from
the
films,
if
any
case
of
damages
is
made
out
in
future
and
listed
the
suit
for
completion
of
pleading
before
the
joint
registrar.
It
had
said
the
producers
and
directors
claimed
the
films
to
be
fictional
rendition
of
true
events
surrounding
the
lives
of
film/TV
personalities,
including
Rajput
who
was
reportedly
found
dead
at
his
home
in
Mumbai.
The
investigation
is
still
on.
The
court
said
that
it
does
not
find
merit
in
the
plaintiff's
contention
to
restraint
on
the
strength
of
his
right
to
fair
trial
relating
to
the
unnatural
death
of
his
son,
saying
no
foundation
is
set
up
to
demonstrate
how
the
films
would
impair
the
trial.
It
had
termed
as
misconceived,
plaintiff's
plea
that
the
content
of
the
film
is
defamatory
and
will
damage
his
and
his
son’s
reputation.
The
suit
has
claimed
that
in
case
a
"movie,
web-series,
book
or
any
other
content
of
similar
nature
is
allowed
to
be
published
or
broadcasted,
it
would
affect
the
right
of
the
victim
and
deceased
for
a
free
and
fair
trial
as
it
may
cause
prejudice
to
them".
It
has
also
contended
that
Rajput
being
a
well-known
celebrity,
"any
misuse
of
his
name/
image/
caricature/
style
of
delivering
dialogues
also
amounts
to
infringement
of
the
personality
right
vested
with
the
plaintiff
besides
amounting
to
acts
of
passing
off".
The
contentions
of
Rajput's
father
have
been
opposed
by
the
filmmakers
of
the
upcoming
and
proposed
movies.