Lahore High Court has issued a stay order against The Legend of Maula Jutt. The movie sinks deeper into legal troubles with its ongoing copyrights case.
The top court issued a stay order against the film, prohibiting the use of the movie’s title, characters, and dialogues.
Justice Ameen-ud-din presided over the court proceedings. In the copyrights case filed against The Legend of Maula Jutt, the appellant stated that Bilal Lashari made the movie illegally.
All this is because Bilal Lashari did not buy the rights to use the title The Legend of Maula Jatt from the makers of the original Maula Jutt. Nor did he buy the rights to use the story, characters or dialogues from the Punjabi classic Maula Jutt.
LHC held the current petition and issued a stay order preventing the use of the title, dialogue and characters.
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A Case of Copyrights
Mohammad Sarwar Bhatti of Bahoo Film Corporation owns the intellectual property rights for the original 1979 Punjabi hit Maula Jutt.
When Bilal Lashari announced he would be making a reboot of the 1979 classic, he did not seek permission or buy the rights to use the story, characters, dialogues or anything else.
Initially, Mohammad Sarwar Bhatti filed a case at the Intellectual Property Tribunal. The new film-makers went ahead and released the trailer despite the ongoing case. That’s why they were issued contempt of court notices.
Lashari claims that Maula Jutt was not a registered trademark and that no one owns the rights. As the legal battle continues, people wonder if the movie will be released on time or if it’s released at all.
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Wasn’t maula jutt a real person though?