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Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan is all set for his forthcoming highly-anticipated movie Jawan, which will also star South actor Nayanthara. Ahead of the movie's release, some glimpses from the set were leaked online. Now, the Delhi High Court has directed social media platforms, “shady" websites, cable TV outlets, direct-to-home services, and various other platforms to remove the leaked clips of Jawan and also stop their circulation.

According to a report in ETimes, the lawsuit has been filed by Shah Rukh Khan and his wife Gauri Khan's production house, Red Chillies Entertainment. The distribution of the movie's copyrighted content was ordered to stop by a Delhi High Court panel led by Justice C. Hari Shankar on Tuesday. The court also ordered several internet service providers to block access to websites that were streaming or making the movie's footage available for viewing or downloading.

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The petitioner claimed that two movie-related video clips, one of which has Shah Rukh Khan in a fight scene and the other of which features a dancing scene, were leaked on social media.

The court was told, "It is the plaintiff’s (Red Chillies) case that these leaked video clips are nothing but clear violation of copyright/intellectual property rights of the plaintiff which are are causing damage and loss to the plaintiff. The leaked video clips together give away the look of the actors in the said film, as well as the music, both of which are typically disclosed at strategic points in time as part of the carefully-curated marketing strategy of a film."

 
 
 
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The plea stated, "The plaintiff reasonably apprehends that such publication and unauthorised circulation of the leaked video clips will jeopardise the promotion and exploitation rights of the plaintiff in the said film, and as and when the said film is released in theatres, similar acts of piracy relating to the entire film would also commence and intermediaries/websites as described would again be utilised to illegally copy, record, download, reproduce, transmit and communicate the said copyright protected work to the general public."