Ramalinga Raju’s nod not needed to make documentary: Netflix to Telangana HC

HYDERABAD: OTT platform Netflix told the Telangana High Court on Friday that there was no need for obtaining consent of former chariman and CEO of Satyam Computer Service, B Ramalinga Raju, for making a documentary series on his life as the information pertaining to the Satyam scandal and his conviction are available in the public domain.

Senior advocate Neeraj Kishan Kaul, appearing for Netflix, made these submissions before the division bench of Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice A Abhishek Reddy.

The bench was dealing with an appeal filed by Netflix against a lower court order restraining release of the documentary webseries Bad Boy Billionaires: