Court directs temporarily block Congress, Bharat Jodo Yatra handles over KGF Chapter-2 copyright issue

A Bengaluru court on Monday directed Twitter to temporarily block the accounts of Congress party and Bharat Jodo Yatra for allegedly infringing the statutory copyright owned by MRT Music by illegally using sound records of the film KGF Chapter-2.

Earlier, Congress leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, Jairam Ramesh on Saturday landed in legal trouble after using the music from the blockbuster Kannada film 'KGF-2' during the party's 'Bharat Jodo Yatra'. A case was registered against three senior Congress leaders for alleged unauthorised usage of the music from the the movie during the padyatra.

The FIR was registered in the



Yashwanthpur police station on Friday under the provisions of Copyright Act, the Information Technology Act and the Indian Penal Code against Gandhi, Jairam Ramesh and Supriya for using KGF-2 music for the ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra, led by Rahul Gandhi on a complaint lodged by M Naveen Kumar, who manages MRT music.

The complainant alleged that Jairam Ramesh had on his official twitter handle posted two videos of the yatra, in which popular songs from KGF-2 film were used without permission. 

The Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra began from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on September 7 and is expected to reach Jammu on January 30, 2023.