Narendra Hirawat And Co. vs Sholay Media Entertainment Private Limitedand Another

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2022 Supreme(SC) 1374

VINEET SARAN, ANIRUDDHA BOSE
Narendra Hirawat And Co. – Appellant
Versus
Sholay Media Entertainment Private Limitedand Another – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Advocate, Mr. Ankur Saigal, Advocate, Mr. Anirudh Bhatia, Advocate, Ms. Deepshikha Mishra, Advocate, Mr. E. C. Agrawala, Advocate, Dr. A.M. Singhvi, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Advocate, Mr. Ankur Saigal, Advocate, Mr. Anirudh Bhatia, Advocate, Ms. Deepshikha Mishra, Advocate, Mr. E. C. Agrawala, Advocate, For the Appellant / Mr. Neeraj Kishan Kaul, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Siddharth Bhatnagar, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Mehul M. Gupta, Advocate, Ms. Shreya Parikh, Advocate, Mr. Archit Jayakar, Advocate, Ms. Divya Tyagi, Advocate, Mr. R. P. Gupta, Advocate, Mr. Chander Uday Singh, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Aurup Dasgupta, Advocate, Mr. Rohan Thawani, Advocate, Ms. Pooja Dhar, Advocate, Ms. Gunjan Ahuja, Advocate, For the Respondent.

ORDER

1. Leave granted.

2. In connection with a suit for injunction and other reliefs filed by the appellants, the learned Single Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay granted an order of interim injunction, delivered on 9th March, 2020 which was challenged in appeals filed before the Division Bench of the High Court. The appeals have been allowed and the order of interim injunction granted by the Single Judge has been reversed by the Appellate Bench. Questioning the legality of the said order of the Division Bench, these appeals by way of special leave petitions have been filed. As these appeals have been filed against an interim order, we are giving only skeleton facts relevant for the purpose of present appeals.

3. On 09.09.2015, two agreements were entered into between the appellant namely, Narendra Hirawat and Company (for short 'NHC') and respondent no.1, namely Sholay Media Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. (for short 'SME') for the rights of films Sholay and Sholay 3D for the period from 01.04.2016 to 31.03.2022 for an amount of Rs.20 crores. The second agreement of the same date was executed for the rights of the same films Sholay and Sholay 3D for the period from 01.04.2022

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2022 Supreme(SC) 1374

VINEET SARAN, ANIRUDDHA BOSENarendra Hirawat And Co. – AppellantVersusSholay Media Entertainment Private Limitedand Another – Respondent

Cases Referred (6)

VINEET SARAN, ANIRUDDHA BOSE
Narendra Hirawat And Co. – Appellant
Versus
Sholay Media Entertainment Private Limitedand Another – Respondent