Mumbai, April 8 -- The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted interim relief to filmmaker Aditya Dhar in the ongoing Dhurandhar controversy, restraining film producer Santosh Kumar RS from making public allegations that Dhar stole the script of the movie from him.

The order was passed by Justice Arif Doctor, during the hearing of Aditya Dhar's plea claiming that Santosh Kumar's repeated media allegations are defamatory and damage his reputation.

The court in its order noted that Dhar made a prima facie case for the grant of such relief.

"Until the next date, the defendant (Kumar) shall be restrained from repeating words and remarks set out in the suit (filed by Dhar) and all other allegations of a similar nature," the court said. The nex...