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Wednesday 2 September 2020

Netflix’ docuseries on Indian billionaires faces censorship battle in courts — thanks to a billionaire


A Hyderabad civil court has barred Netflix from airing its controversial docuseries Bad Boys Billionaires: India. The court passed this decision after a plea from B Ramalinga Raju, founder of Satyam Computers, who was featured in the documentary along with three other figures.  Raju’s appeal said that the series will paint him in a bad light and invade his privacy in an illicit way. He was convicted of a notorious scam in 2007, where he misappropriated ₹14,162 crores ($1.63 billion) from Satyam Computers’ accounts. Along with Raju, Netflix‘s docuseries captures the journey of Vijay Mallya, former chairman of United Spirits known for Kingfisher beer, jeweler Nirav…

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