Netflix India screens three 'Bad Boy' episodes after legal row
Netflix India screens three 'Bad Boy' episodes after legal row
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Netflix has released three episodes of its four-part series about four Indian tycoons facing fraud allegations after a state court lifted an injunction, a lawyer for the world’s largest streaming service said on Monday.
The “Bad Boy Billionaires: India” documentary series about liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya, Subrata Roy of the Sahara group, IT executive Ramalinga Raju and jeweller Nirav Modi had been set for release last month.
But Netflix suspended it after an order from the Araria district court in the eastern Bihar state, where the Sahara group argued it would damage Roy’s reputation.
The court lifted this injunction on Saturday, Amit Shrivastava, a lawyer for Netflix said.
Shrivastava declined further comment and it was not immediately clear why the court had overturned its previous order.
The official order has yet to be released.
Netflix did not respond to a request for comment.
Sahara said in a statement that the documentary was “misleading”, adding that it was “depicted through some disgruntled people who hold personal grudges against Sahara”.
