Tragic Journey Outweighs Reputation Loss: HC Against Stay On Netflix Drama
By Ritika Jain Delhi High Court today refused to stay the release of 'Trial by Fire', a Netflix web series adapted from Neelam and Shekhar Krishnamoorthy's 2016 book on the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire tragedy in which 59 people were killed. The high court's decision came on a plea filed by Sushil Ansal who was convicted for the disaster. The high court dismissed Ansal's plea observing that Krishnamoorthys' "tragic journey through police precincts and court halls far outweighs the asserted and yet unsubstantiated loss of reputation". "A slothful or sluggish plaintiff seeking an injunction of the na...