{"id":21255,"date":"2012-06-27T18:36:58","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T13:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=21255"},"modified":"2012-06-27T18:39:15","modified_gmt":"2012-06-27T13:09:15","slug":"court-no-fir-bhandarkar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-no-fir-bhandarkar","title":{"rendered":"Bhandarkar: No FIR orders court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/court-no-fir-bhandarkar\/madhur-bhandarkar-1_070511032859\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21256\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21256\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-no-fir-bhandarkar\/madhur-bhandarkar-1_070511032859\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/06\/madhur-bhandarkar-1_070511032859.jpg?fit=315%2C350&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"315,350\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"madhur-bhandarkar-1_070511032859\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/06\/madhur-bhandarkar-1_070511032859.jpg?fit=135%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/06\/madhur-bhandarkar-1_070511032859.jpg?fit=225%2C250&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-21256\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/madhur-bhandarkar-1_070511032859-135x150.jpg?resize=135%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/06\/madhur-bhandarkar-1_070511032859.jpg?resize=135%2C150&amp;ssl=1 135w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/06\/madhur-bhandarkar-1_070511032859.jpg?resize=225%2C250&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/06\/madhur-bhandarkar-1_070511032859.jpg?w=315&amp;ssl=1 315w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 135px) 100vw, 135px\" \/><\/a>Bhandarkar has got some respite from Delhi Court.<\/p>\n<p>A Delhi Court today denied to order lodging of an FIR against <span style=\"color: #800000\"><strong>Bollywood filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar<\/strong> <\/span>and two others for allegedly &#8220;stealing&#8221; the &#8220;plot and idea&#8221; for his movie &#8216;Fashion&#8217; from a book without giving credit to the author.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000\">Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sanjay Sharma<\/span> dismissed actress-turned-author Seema Seth&#8217;s plea for lodging the FIR against Bhandarkar, Ronnie Screwala and Ajay Mongia, saying<span style=\"color: #800000\"><strong> &#8220;there cannot be a copyright in an idea or a plot&#8221;.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bhandarkar has got some respite from Delhi Court. 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