Shah Rukh Khan's Jawan is much anticipated. Directed by Atlee Kumar, the film is scheduled to release on June 2. Amid excitement for the actioner, certain stills and videos from the shoot went viral on social media. Be it Shah Rukh romancing Nayanthara or a song with Deepika Padukone, the viral pictures caused a stir. However, calling it copyright infringement, the Delhi High Court issued an order.

The court said in the order that pictures and videos from Jawan sets cannot be leaked and further instructed social media platforms like YouTube, Google, Twitter and Reddit to take steps to stop the circulation of the copyrighted content of the film. Furthermore, Justice Hari Shankar ordered various internet service providers to block access to the websites displaying or making available for viewing or downloading the content of Jawan.

Red Chillies Entertainment, the production house bankrolling Jawan, approached the Delhi High Court when two video clips from the film's sets were leaked. The production house told the court, "It is the plaintiff’s (Red Chillies) case that these Leaked video clips are nothing but clear violation of copyright/intellectual property rights of plaintiff which are are causing damage and loss to the plaintiff. The leaked video clips together give away the look of the actors in the said film, as well as the music, both of which are typically disclosed at strategic points in time as part of the carefully curated marketing strategy of a film."

The suit further stated, "The plaintiff reasonably apprehends that such publication and unauthorized circulation of the leaked video clips and said film will jeopardize the promotion and exploitation rights of the plaintiff in the said film and as and when the said film is released in theatres, similar acts of piracy relating to the entire Film would also commence and intermediaries/websites as described would again be utilized to illegally copy, record, download, reproduce, transmit and communicate the said copyright protected work to the general public."

The shoot of Jawan was wrapped in mid-April. 

(Source: Bar & Bench)