Netflix, the world’s leading streaming entertainment service, has released its controversial documentary series, “Bad boy Billionaires,” which depicts alleged fraud by corporate moguls such as Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, and Sahara India director Subrata Roy. , After one month. legal fight.
However, the episode about Satyam Computer Services founder B Ramalinga Raju has been in the hands of the over the top (OTT) platform.
The digital platform released three episodes about Mallya, Modi and Roy after a court in Bihar’s Araria district on Saturday overturned the suspension it had imposed on the September launch of the series’ broadcast.
“Bad Boy Billionaires” was originally scheduled to be released on September 2, but had run into a legal hurdle after Mehul Choksi, whose name appears on the series, Roy and Raju went to court to request to remain in the series. documentary series saying it would affect his essays.
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People familiar with the events said that Raju’s matter is still pending in the Hyderabad court and, as a result, the episode about him has not been released.
An Araria trial court had asked Netflix not to use Roy’s name, which was contested by Netflix. Roy had argued that the series was an attempt to tarnish his image.
Choksi, who took Antigua and Barbuda citizenship in the Caribbean islands, had approached the Delhi High Court (HC) through attorney Vijay Aggarwal saying that his reputation would suffer if the series were allowed to air with references. him and pending legal cases. Against him.
The HC Delhi had rejected Choksi’s request and asked the Center to regulate digital content.
Netflix had defended the allegations by saying that the Indian government does not regulate content on OTT platforms.
The US provider of media technology and services also relied on free speech laws to argue that the series is like a documentary, that it deals with facts, which are widely discussed in the public domain and are not sub-judicial.
The Center also refused to intervene in the matter.
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