New Delhi: The Delhi High Court issued notices to Red Chillies Entertainment, Netflix, and other parties, on Wednesday, in a defamation suit filed by IRS officer Sameer Wankhede against the series “Ba***ds of Bollywood.”
The directions were given by Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav to defendants, including Red Chillies, X, Google and Meta Platforms, to submit their replies within seven days. The case is scheduled for further hearing on October 30.
Wankhede’s request to remove the allegedly defamatory content from online platforms, did not receive any interim relief by the court. The court noted that such action could have wide implications.
In the cruise ship drug case, Wankhede had led the 2021 NCB raid and Aryan was arrested. Wankhede in his petition had alleged that the series, pro