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Supreme Court quashes copyright proceedings against Sujoy Ghosh
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The Supreme Court quashed the proceedings pending before a Jharkhand court against filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh in an alleged copyright infringement case over his film Kahaani 2.
Why it matters
A Supreme Court bench allowed the defendant's plea and set aside the CJM summoning order and the challenged high-court order. The quashing directly ends the proceedings that were active in the Jharkhand courts. The decision was issued on March 20, 2026. The top court had earlier issued notice to the state on the petition.
Implications
- · Termination of the trial proceedings in the CJM court that relied on the quashed orders.
- · Annulment of the CJM summons and the high-court order that sustained the prosecution.
- · Removal of the immediate legal obligation on the defendant to respond to those specific orders.
Who is affected
- · Filmmakers and copyright defendants
- · Trial courts and high courts handling copyright matters
- · State prosecutors and legal departments
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