On Wednesday, the Apex Court rejected to entertain a plea filed by Netflix challenging a Bihar court's order restraining it from using Sahara group chairman Subrata Roy's name in its upcoming web series 'Bad Boy Billionaires'.

A bench headed by CJI SA Bobde & also comprising of Justice Arun Mishra, Justice AS Bopanna & Justice V Ramasubramaian said that it is not the procedure to challenge lower court order directly in the Top Court.

The bench directed Netflix to approach the Appellate Court & agreed to hear the transfer plea filed by Netflix & issued a notice on the plea. The new series of Netflix - 'Bad Boy Billionaires' is slated for release on Sept 2.

A Local Court in Bihar's Araria had, on Aug 28, ordered a temporary stay on the airing of Netflix's upcoming web series 'Bad Boy Billionaires' in which Subrata Roy's name was used.

The order came on a plea filed by Subrata Roy, who had moved the court seeking stay on the series alleging that the aim of the series was to malign his public image by featuring him alongside fugitive billionaires like Mehul Choksi, Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi & Harshad Mehta.

If allowed to air the series with his name in it, it would have an adverse effect on the enterprise of the Sahara group, the plea before the Local Court said.

Before the local court, Roy had alleged that a London-based director had met him in Lucknow in 2019 claiming that a web feature will be made on his life & the web feature would be titled "Billionaires".

Diamantaire Mehul Choksi, who is accused in PNB scam, has also approached a division bench of the High Court of Delhi seeking pre-screening of the series. The division bench yesterday adjourned the matter for further hearing on Sept 7.

Earlier, Choksi's plea was dismissed by the single bench, which had refused to grant him a preview, saying that there are no regulations to control the content on the over-the-top (OTT) media service.

The Netflix series is said to be based on the rise & fall of India's most infamous billionaires including Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, Subrata Roy & other business tycoons accused in several alleged scams. 

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