“The protagonist is shown as a crusader of women's right,” senior advocate A M Singhvi, appearing for the distrbutors, said.
The lead actor is shown as an anti-social element, wielding swords and sickles, contrary to her real life persona, the counsel for Pal said, adding Madhuri Dixit and Juhi Chawla “are on record” as saying that the film is based on Pal and her ‘Gulabi Gang'.
“You can always seek damages,” the bench said and fixed the matter for further hearing on February 10. The single judge had restrained the producers and their agents from “releasing, exhibiting, distributing and promoting” the film in India till the next date of hearing on May 8, saying “irreparable damage and injury” would be caused to Pal if it is released.
The single judge had noted that while the producers might suffer monetary loss, Pal will suffer both financial loss, as her copyright over Gulabi Gang has been used without her permission, as well as loss of reputation “which cannot be calculated in terms of money”.
