Trouble may increase for web series ‘Scoop’, gangster Chhota Rajan demands ban on its release

Gangster Chhota Rajan on Scoop Web series: Jailed gangster Rajendra Nikalje alias Chhota Rajan has filed a petition in the Bombay High Court on Thursday against the web series “Scoop”. This series is going to be released on June 2 on the OTT platform ‘Netflix’. Chhota Rajan has said that “his image is being misused without his prior consent” which amounts to defamation as well as infringement of his “personal rights”.

What did Chhota Rajan say?
Rajan is currently lodged in Tihar Jail. He requested the court to ban the release of the series and order to remove its trailer. She also sought an injunction restraining the makers of the series, including Hansal Mehta and Netflix Entertainment Services India, from infringing on her personal rights. Rajan also demanded a compensation of Re 1 to be paid to him or the money earned by the makers through the telecast of the trailer of the series, to be used for ‘public good or upliftment of the society’.

Said this in the petition
Rajan said in his petition that in May 2023, his wife told him about the trailer of the series. The petition states that the makers of the series never had prior permission to use/misuse Rajan’s name and image, to associate him with any voice and/or any program.

“Therefore, the use or misuse of the personality characteristics of the Plaintiff (Rajan), including his name, caricature, image, and/or any other direct/indirect reference, without obtaining the prior consent of the Plaintiff,” the petition states. There is a violation of the right to personality of the plaintiff and at the same time it is worth defamation. ”””” A vacation bench of the High Court is likely to hear the petition on Friday.

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