Fan: SC Stays Order To Compensate Woman Suing YRF For Omitting Jabra Song In SRK's Film
Back in 2017, after the release of Shah Rukh Khan's Fan, a woman in Maharashtra sued Yash Raj Films for not including the song ‘Jabra Fan' in the movie
Back
in
2017,
after
the
release
of
Shah
Rukh
Khan's
Fan,
a
woman
in
Maharashtra
sued
Yash
Raj
Films
for
not
including
the
song
'Jabra
Fan'
in
the
movie
as
it
was
advertised
in
the
trailer.
Afreen
Fatima
Zaidi
took
legal
action
against
the
makers
for
misleading
audiences.
Zaidi
revealed
in
her
complaint
that
she
had
seen
the
promos
of
the
movie
Fan
which
included
the
song
'Jabra
Fan'
and
decided
to
watch
the
film
with
her
family
members.
She
claimed
that
her
children
did
not
eat
food
on
the
night
when
they
went
to
watch
the
film,
as
they
were
disappointed
over
the
fact
that
the
song
was
not
a
part
of
the
film
-
resulting
in
a
spike
in
their
acidity
levels
and
hospitalization.
A
report
in
Live
Law,
said
that
she
moved
the
Maharashtra
State
Consumer
Commission,
which
directed
the
YRF
in
2017
to
compensate
her
with
Rs
10,000
along
with
a
litigation
cost
of
Rs
5,000.
In
2020,
the
apex
consumer
forum,
the
National
Consumer
Disputes
Redressal
Commission
(NCDRC)
also
directed
YRF
to
pay
the
compensation
to
Zaidi.
However,
the
Supreme
Court
on
Monday
(September
20)
stayed
the
order
by
NCDRC.
A
bench
of
Justices
Hemant
Gupta
and
V
Ramasubramanium
issued
notices
to
the
Central
Board
of
Film
Certification
and
the
complainant,
Zaidi.
The
Supreme
court
hearing
comes
after
YRF
challenged
NCDRC's
order
to
pay
compensation
at
Rs10,000
to
the
complainant
Afreen
Fatima
Zaidi
along
with
litigation
cost
of
Rs
5,000.
NCDRC
commission
during
the
previous
hearing
noted
that
the
makers
included
the
song
to
draw
potential
viewers
to
cinema
hall
by
luring
them
with
the
song
and
thereby
making
gain
at
cost
of
the
viewer.
"In
fact,
I
fail
to
understand
the
logic
behind
including
the
song
in
the
promo
but
excluding
it
while
exhibiting
the
movie,
unless
the
intention
of
the
producer
is
to
deceive
the
viewer
by
making
him
believe
that
the
song
would
form
part
of
the
movie
while
knowing
it
very
well
that
the
said
song
would
not
be
a
part
of
the
movie
when
it
is
exhibited
in
the
cinema
halls," NCDRC
presiding
member
V
K
Jain
said.
The
NCDRC
had
rejected
the
contention
by
YRF
claiming
that
the
producers
had
publicly
declared
in
an
interview
that
the
song
which
was
part
of
the
promo
would
not
be
a
part
of
the
movie.
The
commission
said
it
was
insufficient
as
there
was
no
guarantee
that
a
person
who
watched
the
promo
would
have
also
seen
the
said
interview.