Author name: Aparajita Lath

Image from here The copyright dispute between authors Salim Khan/Javed Akhtar and producers Sumeet/Puneet Mehra and Ors. (defendants) over the remake of Zanjeer progresses with the defendants giving an undertaking to the Bombay High Court, on May 3, 2013, stating that the remade Zanjeer will not be released before 30/6/13.  Meanwhile, as reported here, another scriptwriter appealed to the Bombay High Court claiming that one of the directors of the film Bombay Talkies had stolen his story. He asked the

Image from here As blogged about here, the Bombay HC had allowed Amit Mehra to go ahead with the production and release of the remade Zanjeer. Against this order, an SLP was filed by Sumeet and Puneet Mehra. Yesterday, the Supreme Court ordered a stay on the release of the film. It appears from this report, that the order of stay will continue till the arbitration between the two parties is completed. The court also directed the arbitrator to expedite

Image from here Javed Akhtar and Salim Khan the scriptwriters of the original Zanjeer have moved the Bombay High Court against Sumeet Mehra and others/. As reported, the authors claim that they had allowed Prakash Mehra Productions (PMP) (Sumeet and Puneet Mehra were named the heirs to this production company) only to a one-time use of their script i.e. in making the original Zanjeer and had not authorized any reuse of the same. They also contend that since they retained