Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah: Delhi High Court issues ban on unauthorized use of show’s content

The popular sitcom Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah is one of the most loved sitcoms. There are memes and videos of people mimicking the characters flooding Instagram. Though it has added to the show’s popularity, it seems the makers are not happy with this unauthorized use of their content.  Owing to this, producer Asit Kumarr Modi and Neela Film Productions moved to the Delhi High Court to stop this and put a ban on the infringement of their rights.

About the Case

The producers of the show, Asit Modi and other members of Neela Telefilms moved to the High Court. They stated that several websites, channels, and social media pages are using the show’s title, dialogues, and even characters to sell unauthorized products and even pornographic content. This is a significant concern for the Delhi HC, which heard the plea and gave a decision in favour of the production house.

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According to Bar and Bench, the court orders read, “An order of ex parte ad-interim injunction is passed thereby restraining the defendant nos. 1 to 12 and 14 to 21 (including the John Doe parties), their owners, partners, proprietors, officers, servants, employees, and all others in the capacity of principal or agent, acting for and on their behalf or anyone claiming through, by, or under it, from in any manner, hosting, streaming, broadcasting, transmitting, exhibiting, making available for viewing and downloading, providing access to, and communicating to the public, displaying, uploading, modifying, publishing, updating, sharing (including to its subscribers and users), offering for sale on their websites, through the internet, or in any manner or platform whatsoever, any content, goods, or services, that in any manner whatsoever amounts to infringement/passing off of the plaintiff’s copyrighted material/registered trademarks, including, but not limited to, the title, the characters, format, and underlying materials in the said show or anything else, which otherwise amounts to an infringement of the plaintiff’s copyright/registered trademarks/passing off of the goods/services offered by the defendants.”

About Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah

Being one of the oldest-running TV shows in India, the sitcom has faced its share of highs and lows. It all started after Jennifer Mistry Bansiwal, who was Mrs Sodhi opened up about makers misbehaving with her. After her, Shailesh Lodha shared how makers didn’t clear his dues. Recently, we saw Kush Shah quit the show, which made headlines. A few days back, Gurucharan Singh aka Roshan Sodhi claimed that he did not leave Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah in 2012, but the makers replaced him.

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