The High Court gave its verdict in favour of 'Tarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah', the makers had filed a petition in this matter.
The High Court gave its verdict in favour of
'Tarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah', the makers had filed a petition in this matter.
The popular TV show 'Tarak Mehta
Ka Ooltah Chashmah' has been surrounded by controversies for the last
several years. After Disha Vakani
left the show due to personal reasons, many actors including Shelesh Lodha, Jennifer Mistry, Neha Mehta left the show and made
serious allegations against the makers. This has affected the TRP of the show. Amidst in the falling
popularity of the show, the makers recently approached the Delhi High Court. The makers filed a petition in the Delhi High
Court and asked to take action against those YouTube channels, social media
accounts, websites, which were using the videos and dialogues of the show.
Hearing in the
court appeal of the makers of 'Tarak
Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah', the Delhi
High Court has issued a restraining order against several YouTube channels, websites and social media
accounts. After this order, these people will not be able to violate the
intellectual property i.e. intellectual rights of Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah.
Justice Mini Pushkaran passed this order on August 14, which includes unauthorized merchandise sales, copying
of characters and creation of AI photos, deepfakes and animated videos, that
is, no one other than the makers can create such content. This order also
applies to unknown defendants.
Now no one can use the content of 'Tarak Mehta
Ka Ooltah Chashmah'
According to the news magazine, after hearing this petition, the court
said in the order that no person, owner, employee or agent, is entitled to
host, stream, broadcast, communicate, present the content and dialogues of Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah in any
manner. This will be considered a violation of copyright rules and violation of registered trademark.
This is what the makers of 'Tarak Mehta Ka
Ooltah Chashmah' argued
'Tarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah' makers Neela Film Productions told the High Court that they have the rights to the title, character, dialogues and other intellectual property of the show. He said that various social media accounts, websites and channels are violating these rights. They are selling their products in an unauthorized manner and even creating videos, animations, deepfakes and pornographic content using the characters of the show. The court admitted that Neela Film Productions has a strong case.
