The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to stay the release of the film The White Tiger on streaming platform Netflix on a plea by American producer John Hart Jr, alleging copyright violation, reported PTI.
In an urgent hearing, Justice C Hari Shankar dismissed the stay application, saying that not a single reason was shown to approach the court less than 24 hours before release of the film. The court, however, issued summons to Netflix and the film’s producer Mukul Deora. It listed the matter for completion of pleadings before the joint registrar on March 22.
The White Tiger is based on a book by the same name, authored by Aravind Adiga, and is scheduled to release on Netflix on Thursday night. The book was released in March 2008 and Adiga won a Man Booker Prize for it.
Advocate Kapil Sankhla, representing Hart Jr, said that a literary auction agreement was reached between him and Adiga in March 2009, under which the producer had to make an “Oscar-worthy film”,…