Sony Pictures moves Bombay HC after bank files criminal defamation case against Scam 1992

Sony Pictures approached the Bombay High Court after Karad Urban Co-operative Bank filed a criminal defamation and trademark infringement case against Scam 1992. According to the bank, in one of the episodes of the web series, a logo resembling the bank's trademark logo was displayed in the background.

The owner of SonyLIV app, Sony Pictures Network India Pvt Ltd, has approached the Bombay HC pleading for urgent relief after an FIR was registered against it on a complaint by Karad Urban Co-operative Bank (KUCB) for offences of defamation under the Indian Penal Code, violation of Trademarks Act and Information Technology Act. The complaint alleges that in one of the episodes of the SonyLIV series Scam 1992, a logo was displayed in the background which resembled the trademarked logo of KUCB.