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Delhi High Court Seeks Salman Khan's Response on Kala Hiran Producer Plea
- •The Delhi High Court issued a notice to actor Salman Khan seeking his response on a plea by the makers of the film Kala Hiran.
- •Film producer Amit Jani requested a stay on Khan's suit, arguing that a similar dispute is already pending before the court.
- •The producer contended that the current proceedings amount to parallel litigation concerning the same proposed film and personality rights.
- •Salman Khan had earlier secured an interim injunction against the film's teasers and the unauthorized commercial use of his personality rights.
- •The makers clarified that the movie is not a biopic and argued that the actor cannot use personality rights to erase public events related to the blackbuck controversy.
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The makers of the film "Kala Hiran: The Battle for Legal" filed an application seeking to stay Salman Khan's lawsuit, arguing that substantially the same dispute and core relief regarding the proposed film and its promotional materials are already pending before the high court in an earlier suit filed by the actor.
On July 27, a coordinate bench of the Delhi High Court passed an interim order directing the removal of the film's teaser and other related online posts after Salman Khan objected to them.
Salman Khan's lawsuit alleges that the film and its promotional materials violate his personality and publicity rights by commercialising his name, mannerisms, and persona without authorization, while sensationalising the 1998 blackbuck poaching case to damage his reputation.
