Bombay High Court refuses to direct netflix to take down 'Scoop' web series

The Bombay High Court has refused to direct OTT platform Netflix to taken down 'Scoop' series based on an intellectual property suit by gangster Chhota Rajan.

The Bombay High Court has refused to direct OTT platform Netflix to taken down 'Scoop' series based on an intellectual property suit by gangster Chhota Rajan.

Justice Shivkumar Dige said now that the series has been released, the court will see on the next date.

The court allowed Chhota Rajan to amend his suit to show how it is a matter of intellectual property rights and posted the matter on Wednesday for further consideration.

Currently lodged in Tihar Jail, Rajan was convicted along with 9 others for the death of crime reporter Jyotirmay Dey, who was shot in 2011. Jigna Vora, a journalist and Rajan’s co-accused, was acquitted. The Netflix series is inspired by Vora’s memoir ‘Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison’.