Big relief to Alia Bhatt's film 'Jigra' from Supreme Court, know what is the whole matter

Supreme Court on Alia Bhatta's Film Jigra: (Report- Sushil Pandey) Alia Bhatt starrer film Jigra got a big relief from the Supreme Court on Friday. In fact, the Supreme Court refused to hear the petition alleging trademark infringement demanding a ban on the use of the word 'Jigra' in the film. With this, the Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Rajasthan High Court. Let us tell you that this film has recently been released in theatres.

Rajasthan High Court had imposed a temporary ban

Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud's bench was hearing the petition filed against the order of Rajasthan High Court. A temporary stay was put on the release of Alia Bhatt starrer film 'Jigra' by the lower court of Rajasthan. Whereas the Rajasthan High Court, while hearing the petition of Dharma Production, had rejected the decision of the lower court of Jodhpur. The decision of the High Court was challenged in the Supreme Court.

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Know what is the whole matter

Actually, the film Jigra directed by Vasan Bala was released in theaters today, last week i.e. on 11th October. Alia Bhatt and Vedang Raina are in lead roles in this film. However, even before its release, the film got stuck in legal trouble. But after getting relief from the High Court, it was released.

Let us tell you that this film of Alia Bhatt was accused of stealing the title. This allegation was made by a person from Rajasthan. He had accused the film makers of stealing the title under the Trademark Act. He had also filed a case and demanded from the court to ban the release of the film. After this, the Commercial Court of Jodhpur had ordered to ban the release of the film.

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Film makers knocked on the door of High Court

After that the film makers approached the Rajasthan High Court and cited their own trademark registration. Senior advocate Vikas Balia, appearing in the High Court on behalf of Dharma Productions with the help of Abhilasha Bora and others, said that the appellant is not trading any kind of goods or services, due to which the Trademark Act can be violated by making the film. After that the Rajasthan High Court rejected the order of the lower court and ruled to release Jigra.

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Let us tell you that Bhallaram Chaudhary, a resident of Rajasthan, runs an online classes by the name Jigra. They had also obtained a trademark under Class 41 under the Trademark Act, 1999 in September 2023, which relates to education, entertainment and training. Regarding this, Bhallaram had accused the makers of Jigra of stealing the title.