Mumbai, Sept 08: Mumbai High Court today restrained
police from arresting film-maker Rakesh Roshan, his actor-son
Hritik and father-in-law J Omprakash in cases of alleged
cheating till September 22 and deferred their plea seeking to
quash a lower court order which directed cops to probe these
cases.
Justice Ranjana Desai and Justice V M Kanade took on
record the reply filed by Jayantilal Gada of M/S popular
entertainment network who has filed six cases against Rakesh
Roshan, Hritik and J Omprakash for alleged cheating.
Gada prayed that the High Court had no jurisdiction to
hear this matter under Article 226 of the constitution.
Four petitions filed by Roshans and two petitions filed
by J Omprakash would be heard together on September 22.
Gada alleged Roshans and J Omprakash had committed breach
of agreements with regard to merchandising of films.
Earlier, the High Court had suggested the parties should
go for an out-of-court settlement. Accordingly, they met on
August six but could not work out a compromise and decided to
follow the legal course. Roshans were represented by lawyer
Dipesh Mehta while Ashok Sarogi appeared for Gada.
Roshans had entered into agreements with m/s popular
entertainment network for merchandising their films, including
"Kaho Na Pyar Hai."
J Omprakash also entered into agreements with the same
company for marketing films made by him. However, dispute
arose over payments.
Bureau Report
