Delhi HC asks Sameer Wankhede, Red Chillies, Netflix to file replies in defamation go well with towards The Ba***ds of Bollywood

The Delhi High Court on Thursday granted time to IRS officer Sameer Wankhede, actor Shah Rukh Khan-owned Red Chillies Entertainment and OTT platform Netflix to file their written submissions in a defamation go well with regarding the collection The Ba***ds of Bollywood.

Wankhede has filed a defamation go well with towards Red Chillies and Netflix for allegedly maligning his popularity of their collection and has additionally sought Rs 2 crore in damages, which he needs donated to the Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital for most cancers sufferers.

Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav requested the events to file their written submissions and listed the matter for listening to on November 10.

On October 8, the excessive court docket issued notices and summons to defendants Red Chillies Entertainment Private Limited, Netflix, X, Google LLC, Meta Platforms, RPSG Lifestyle Media Private Limited and John Doe within the defamation go well with and requested them to file their replies inside seven days.

As an interim aid, Wankhede has additionally sought to take down the alleged defamatory content material from a number of web sites.

The plea submitted that the collection disseminates a deceptive and damaging portrayal of anti-drug enforcement businesses, thereby eroding public confidence in legislation enforcement establishments.

It stated the collection has been intentionally conceptualised and executed with the intent to malign Wankhede’s popularity in a colourable and prejudicial method, particularly when the case involving the officer and Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan is pending and sub judice earlier than the Bombay High Court and the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Special Court in Mumbai.

The go well with was opposed by the counsel for Netflix. The plea claimed that the collection depicts a personality making an obscene gesture — particularly, exhibiting a center finger — after the character recites the slogan “Satyamev Jayate”, which is a part of the National Emblem.

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This act constitutes a grave and delicate violation of the provisions of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971, which attracts penal penalties below legislation, it stated.

The plea stated the content material of the collection is in contravention of assorted provisions of the Information Technology Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), because it seeks to outrage nationwide sentiment via the usage of obscene and offensive materials.