NEW DELHI: Petitioners who had sought a stay on release of the film "The White Tiger" failed to appear before court for a hearing on Thursday.
Sonia Mudbhatkal, who runs a production company in US, and and Hollywood filmmaker John Hart Jr had pleaded for a stay on the film's release, alleging copyright infringement. They had moved court a day before the films's release on a streaming service last month.
However Justice C Hari Shankar had dismissed the stay application, saying not a single reason was shown to approach the court less than 24 hours before release of the film.
“There is no material on record to justify the plaintiffs approaching this court less than 24 hours prior to release seeking stay..It is settled ... that any party approaching court at the end hour, seeking interlocutory indirection against the release of cinematographic film, is disentitled to any such relief,” the Delhi High Court judge had said.
The film ‘The White Tiger' is based on the book ‘The White Tiger' which was released in March 2008.
The film features Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Rajkummar Rao and Adarsh Gourav in the lead role, with Mukul Deora as producer.