'Maula Jutt' producers issued stay order by Sindh High Court

Bahoo Films Corporation shares statement in retaliation

KARACHI/LAHORE: The Sindh High Court has issued a stay order to the owners of the original 1978 film Maula Jutt, stated a press release. In an ongoing legal battle between the producers of the original film and the makers of The Legend of Maula Jatt, the Sindh High Court gave the order to Sarwar Bhatti, Mohammad Bahoo Sarwar and Mohammad Muttaqi Sarwar, thereby restraining them from defaming the upcoming film and its makers.

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The order was issued after the producers of the original film continued to defame The Legend of Maula Jatt and its producers, despite Lahore High Court’s clarification that there is no stay order on the film being directed by Bilal Lashari. Hence, a case was filed in the Sindh High Court, under the civil jurisdiction of Justice Junaid Ghaffar.



In response, CEO of Bahoo Film Corporation, Mohammad Muttaqi gave his own statement on the matter. “First of all, as a society, we have to understand the meaning of the word ‘defaming.’ It means when you put false allegation on someone. As Sindh High Court says, we cannot defame The Legend of Maula Jatt and its team but it doesn't say that we are not allowed to tell the truth and that we cannot talk about our ongoing cases against them in courts,” he said. “The order of the Sindh High Court clearly shows that the court was approached with some twisted facts. The stay order clearly mentions the order of Intellectual Property Tribunal but without the right context because the opponents only highlighted the part in the petition which they wanted to twist.”

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He continued, “In the same Intellectual Property Tribunal, we had initiated contempt of court proceedings against using the title of our Maula Jutt and our content, despite the stay order on the title, as the rest of the suit is still pending in court about the other content of our film. Sindh High Court doesn't know about the cases going on against the makers of The Legend Of Maula Jatt and we'll surely present our cases before the Sindh High Court on the mentioned dates.”

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Muttaqi continued in the same vain saying no one is defaming any one and the producers of the original films are fighting for their lawful rights and nothing else. “We'll explain this to Sindh High Court and all the courts when necessary or if asked,” the statement concluded.

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