Jaipur court rejects plea against Toilet: Ek Prem Katha

Jaipur Aug 5 (IANS) : A local court here on Saturday rejected a plea seeking a stay on the release of Akshay Kumar starrer "Toilet: Ek Prem Katha".

The arguments in the case were completed on August 2 and judgment was reserved for Saturday.

"After hearing arguments for three successive days the Jaipur Metropolitan Court prima facie found no merit in the case and rejected the application " S.S. Hora counsel for Viacom18 told IANS.

"We will study the judgement and then decide our future course of action " G.D. Bansal advocate for Jaipur based filmmaker Pratik Sharma who had brought a copyright infringement case against the makers of "Toilet: Ek Prem Katha".

Sharma brought the case against Plan C Studios an alliance between Reliance Entertainment and Friday Filmworks helmed by Neeraj Pandey and Shital Bhatia and Viacom18 on July 7 in a Jaipur Metropolitan Court.

Sharma had alleged that the makers of "Toilet: Ek Prem Katha" had lifted the punchline and the subject from his film "Gutrun Gutar Gun".

The court on July 26 asked the makers of "Toilet: Ek Prem Katha" to file a reply or enter into arguments in the case of copyright violation on July 31.

The court had earlier issued a notice returnable on July 22 but as a strike by the clerical staff was going on the court gave the respondents July 26 as a new date for filing their reply.

"Toilet: Ek Prem Katha" directed by Shree Narayan Singh deals with the need of sanitation in India and is based on Prime Minister Narendra Modi s Swachh Bharat campaign. It features Bhumi Pednekar with Akshay and will release on August 11.

--IANS
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