SC dismisses plea seeking injunction against Bollywood movie Gangubai Kathiawadi

On Thursday, the Apex Court dismissed a plea seeking an injunction against the Bollywood movie Gangubai Kathiawadi.

A Bench of Justices Indira Banerjee & JK Maheshwari dismissed the special leave petition filed by a man who claimed to be adopted son of Gangubai Kathiawadi and sought to restrain makers from printing, promoting, selling, assigning, etc. the novel namely “The Mafia Queens of Mumbai” or the Bollywood film namely “Gangubai Kathiawadi”.

The Court said that “SLP dismissed. Reasons to follow”.

The Court was hearing a petition filed by a man, who claimed to be the adopted son of Gangubai Kathiawadi and sought to restrain makers from printing, promoting, selling, assigning, etc. the novel namely “The Mafia Queens of Mumbai” or the Bollywood film namely “Gangubai Kathiawadi”.

The petitioner has approached Supreme Court against the order dated 30.07.2021 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, whereby the High Court refused to grant a temporary injunction restraining the Respondents from printing, promoting, selling. assigning, etc. the novel namely “The Mafia Queens of Mumbai or the film namely “Gangubai Kathiawadi”.