Big relief to Sujoy Ghosh from the Supreme Court, after 8 years, he got freedom from the copyright case of Kahaani 2:

News India Live, Digital Desk: Today has brought great relief for famous film director Sujoy Ghosh. The years-long legal dispute regarding Vidya Balan starrer blockbuster film ‘Kahaani 2’ has now completely ended. The Supreme Court of the country has canceled the ongoing copyright infringement proceedings against Sujoy Ghosh. The Justice bench has given a clean chit to the filmmaker, ignoring the old order of Jharkhand High Court and the summons issued by Hazaribagh Court.

What was the whole controversy? Why was Sujoy Ghosh trapped? This case started in the year 2016 after the release of the film ‘Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh’. A writer named Umesh Mehta had alleged that Sujoy Ghosh had stolen the story of his script ‘Sabak’. Mehta claimed that he had shown his story to Sujoy, which was screened as ‘Kahaani 2’ without permission. After this complaint, in the year 2018, the Chief Judicial Magistrate of Hazaribagh had issued summons against Sujoy Ghosh, after which the matter got entangled in legal complications.

Sujoy Ghosh’s arguments in the Supreme Court After not getting relief from the High Court, Sujoy Ghosh had approached the Supreme Court. The lawyers appearing on behalf of the director presented strong evidence in the court that the script of ‘Kahaani 2’ was prepared in the year 2012 itself. Not only this, it was also registered with the Screen Writer Association (SWA) in the year 2013 itself. Sujoy clarified that at the time he had registered the script, he had neither come in contact with the complainant Umesh Mehta nor had he received any script.

Court decision and news of relief Considering the seriousness of the matter, the Supreme Court had already exempted Sujoy Ghosh from appearing in the court. Now after a detailed hearing, the court accepted that a prima facie case of copyright infringement is not made out. The Supreme Court has canceled all the criminal cases pending against Sujoy Ghosh by canceling the summons of Hazaribagh Court. There is a wave of happiness in the film industry after this decision, because Sujoy Ghosh had been fighting this legal battle for the last several years.