Wednesday, April 9, 2014

HC revokes attachment of Sanjay Dutt's flat

   HC revokes attachment of Sanjay Dutt's flat

 In a breather for actor Sanjay Dutt,
the Bombay High Court has revoked the attachment of his flat
in suburban Bandra.
     The flat had been attached following the decision of
Indian Motion Picture Producers Association (IMPPA) in his
dispute with film-maker Shakeel Noorani.
     Noorani had moved IMPPA in 2008 alleging his film `Jaan
Ki Baazi', for which he had paid Dutt Rs 50 lakh in 2001,
could not be completed because the actor did not give dates.
     On January 28, 2010, IMPPA asked Dutt to either commit
30 days for the shooting or refund Rs 50 lakh and pay an
additional Rs 1.53 crore by way of compensation to Noorani.
     But Dutt failed to follow the order, so Noorani moved
the High Court, seeking execution of the IMPPA order which
provided for attachment of the actor's flat if he did not pay.
     In December 2010, Dutt's flats were attached.
     Hearing Dutt's plea against the attachment, Justice B P
Colabawalla had on April 7 this year ruled that the decision
of IMPPA was not an "award" under the Arbitration and
Conciliation Act and thus it can not be enforced.
     The court termed Noornai's execution application as "an
abuse of the process of the court", revoked the attachment,
and ordered the producer to pay cost of Rs 1.50 lakh to Dutt.
     Since IMPPA was only a private body, the "entire
proceedings for the enforcement" of its award were
meaningless, the High Court said.
     Dutt is currently serving a 42-month sentence in Pune's
Yerwada prison for illegal possession of firearms in the 1993
Mumbai serial bomb blasts case.

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