Seoul: The court injunction banning members of K-pop girl group NewJeans from independent activities outside their management company was confirmed Wednesday as they failed to make an appeal to the Supreme Court by the previous day.
According to Yonhap News Agency, the Seoul High Court previously upheld a district court's decision on June 17 to accept the injunction sought by the group's agency, ADOR. This injunction was aimed at preventing the five members from independently signing advertising contracts and pursuing separate music activities, amidst a legal dispute between the two parties.
Under current law, any appeal to the Supreme Court must be made within one week of an appellate court's ruling. With no appeal filed by the stipulated deadline, the court's decision to ban the group's independent activities was finalized Wednesday.
NewJeans, which rebranded as NJZ in February, had initiated independent activities after accusing ADOR in November last year of violating the terms of their exclusive contract.