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918-NMCD59-16.DOC
ATUL
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION IN ITS COMMERCIAL DIVISION
NOTICE OF MOTION NO. 59 OF 2016
IN
COMMERCIAL SUIT NO. 201 OF 2016
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited…Plaintiffs
Versus
Shot Formats Digital Productions Private Limited …Defendants
& 2 Others
Mr. Rashmin Khandekar, with Mr. Kunal Parekh, i/b Thakore
Jariwala & Associates, for the Plaintiffs.
Mr. Shaikh Mohd. Ibrabim, i/b Siddiquee & Associates, for
Defendants Nos. 1 and 2.
CORAM: G.S. PATEL, J DATED: 16th November 2016
PC:-
1.None appears for Defendants Nos. 4 and 5, Mr. Ashok
Bhutani and M/s. Super Ads respectively.
2.As set out in the order dated 31st August 2016, it is
Defendants Nos. 4 and 5 who purported to transfer certain rights in
the film Akhree Rasta to Defendants Nos. 1 and 2. Where and from
whom Defendants Nos. 4 and 5 got these rights has never been
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explained. The Plaintiffs, on the other hand, have been able to
demonstrate that they acquired their rights directly from the
products of the film in question.
3.None appears for Defendants Nos. 4 and 5. For the reasons
set out in the order dated 31st August 2016, the Notice of Motion is
made absolute in terms of prayer clauses (a), (b) and (b-ii). The
previous orders granting ad-interim reliefs in these terms are now
confirmed.
4.The Notice of Motion is disposed of in these terms with an
order of costs against Defendants Nos. 4 and 5.
(G. S. PATEL, J.)
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G.S. PATEL
As recorded by the court registry
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