As per reports, Mahendra Singh Dhoni is seeking to recover around INR 150 crore from real estate firm Amrapali Group, alleging that he hasn't been paid for years for being the brand ambassador of the real estate firm that is now caught in a financial crisis and hasn't been...

As per reports, Raj Amit Kumar’s provocative directorial debut ‘Unfreedom’ starring Adil Hussain and Victor Banerjee has launched on Netflix despite not being certified by Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). The movie is available for streaming on Netflix globally. Unfreedom was rejected certification by Pahlaj Nihalani led CBFC in...

As per reports, the division bench of the Madras High Court today vacated the interim stay granted by the single bench on the release of the Tamil film "Kaali," subject to the condition that the producer and actor deposit Rs 2 crore to the credit of the civil suit pending before it. Division...

In a petition filed by Harinder Sikka, producer of the film ‘Nanak Shah Fakir’, to secure the release of the film, the Supreme Court today issued notice to all the states, directing them to ensure that law and order is maintained. The Court’s decision came hours after Akal Takht...

As per reports, Google has filed an appeal at the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) against CCI’s order that found it guilty of “search bias”. The appeal was filed on Monday i.e. April 9, 2018. As reported here, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Feb 8, 2018 had...

The Bombay High Court on April 9, 2018 posted for final hearing Amol Palekar’s petition challenging state rules that made the pre-censorship of scripts of plays by the Maharashtra state performance scrutiny board mandatory. The matter is listed on June 16, 2018. Read order here. Under section 33(1)(wa) of the...

As per reports, two days after the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) urged the Union and state governments to ban the movie ‘Nanak Shah Fakir’, Sikh temporal seat Akal Takht on April 9, 2018 announced a “ban” on its screening and appealed to the Sikh community to oppose it...

As per reports, the I&B Ministry plans to shut down the National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC) and Children’s Film Society, India (CFSI) and instead create an umbrella organization for all movie related activities with an aim to restructure and realign resources. Instead of these two organizations, the Ministry...

The Madras High Court on April 6, 2018 passed an interim order restraining the release of the Tamil film ‘Kaali’ on the plea moved by William Alexander, proprietor of Picture Box Company against Fathima Vijay Antony, proprietor of Vijay Antony Pictures and Vijay Antony-Director of Vijay Antony Film Corporation...

As per reports, following the recent Bombay High Court order in which the Maharashtra Government had informed the court that it may soon formulate a policy on the issue of cinema patrons being restricted from bringing their own food inside the cinema hall premises, a Chandigarh based advocate Pankaj...