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ALLAHABAD/MUMBAI: The criminal case against
filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma by music major T-Series
in Noida is stayed on Thrusday by the Allahabad
High Court till 1 July.
The
stay had come on an application by the filmmaker
seeking further stay as the Courts interim
stay order for five days just before Holi was
expiring.
The
filmmaker has sought quashing of the First Information Report (FIR) in view of
the fact that an FIR filed by him against the music major is pending in Mumbai. Meanwhile,
T-Series chief Bhushan Kumar has been given two days by the Enforcement wing in
Mumbai to submit the original documents in the case filed by the filmmaker. Earlier,
T-Series had filed a cross-case against Varma by filing an FIR against him in
Noida, accusing him of fraud and criminal breach of trust, the latest in a long
chain of the attrition that both have been involved in for the last few months. The
music company claimed that Varma had signed a deal for handing over music distribution
rights of 14 feature films to be made by him, only four of which - Aag, Shiva,
Nishabd and Darwaza Bandh Rakho - had been delivered so far. Last
month, Varma had filed a case of cheating and forgery in Mumbai against the music
company claiming that he had been duped of over Rs 4.6 million. The
FIR had been filed against Kumar with the Versova police station, saying that
he had executed terms of a music distribution rights contract signed between him
and T-Series by giving the rights for four of his films to T-Series. The
complaint had been registered under Sections 420, 465, 467, 468, 471 r/w 120(B)
of IPC. |