Karnataka High Court to frame charges against makers of documentary film ‘Wild Karnataka’ for violating court’s order
1 year ago

Karnataka High Court to frame charges against makers of documentary film ‘Wild Karnataka’ for violating court’s order

The Hindu  

The High Court of Karnataka has decided to frame charges against film-makers Sarath Champati, Kalyan Varma, and Amoghavarhaa J.S. of the documentary “Wild Karnataka”, representatives of television channels Discovery India and BBC United Kingdom, and over-the-top streaming platform Netflix, for airing the film and its footage/clippings in violation of the court’s June 2021 interim order. Shivashankare Gowda passed the interim order on January 3 on a contempt of court petition filed by Ravindra N. Redkar and Ullash Kumar R.K., who had filed a PIL petition against airing of the film. Background of case The High Court, acting on the PIL petition, had on June 29, 2021, restrained the film-makers, their firm, Bengaluru-based Mudskipper Labs Pvt Ltd, and anyone from “using, publishing, reproducing, broadcasting, telecasting, marketing, selling, distributing, exhibiting or in any way dealing with the film or any part of it or the raw footage captured by the film-makers through their Memorandum of Understanding signed by the Karnataka Forest Department in 2014.” It was alleged in the PIL petition, filed on June 22, 2021, and pending adjudication, that though the film was intended to be on a non-profit basis to promote conservation and for educational purposes, the film-makers had pocked millions of rupees by commercially selling it for profit without the knowledge or approval of the KFD. Contempt petition The petitioners filed a contempt of court petition in November 2021, alleging that initially, the footage of the film was telecast on Discovery channel in July 2021 in violation of the court’s order.

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