HIGH COURT TO WATCH CONTROVERSIAL WEB SERIES BEFORE OTT RELEASE; NETFLIX HAS FINGERS CROSSED

A bench comprising Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice B Vijaysen Reddy decided to watch the documentary based on the life of Satyam Computers founder B Ramalinga Raju and others after hearing an appeal by Netflix to set aside a lower court order that restrained it from broadcasting the series.

Netflix has argued that the documentary has been made on the basis of material available in the public domain and added that the trial court had stalled the release without hearing the OTT platform's defense.

Netflix's counsel also brought to the court's notice that Ramalinga Raju and others were already convicted in the Satyam scam case. He added that the airing of the web series would have no impact on the petitioner's appeal against his conviction.

While deciding to watch the documentary, the bench posted the case to September 25 for further hearing. Let's wait and watch as to whether the nod will come or not. Fingers crossed until then for Netflix.