The Delhi high court on October 8 issued summons to Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment and OTT platform Netflix in a defamation suit filed by IRS officer Sameer Wankhede for allegedly maligning his reputation in their web series, The Ba***ds Of Bollywood. Wankhede has sought Rs. 2 crore in damages, which he wants donated to Tata Memorial Hospital in Bombay.
Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav also issued notice to other defendants, including X, Google LLC, Meta Platforms and RPSG Lifestyle Media, seeking replies in seven days. Listing the matter for October 30, the HC did not pass any interim injunction order.
Sameer Wankhede has alleged that the series was deliberately conceptualised and executed to malign his reputation and prejudice the matter since the case involving him and SRK’s son, Aryan Khan, is pending before the Bombay high court and a special NDPS court in Bombay. Aryan was detained in a 2021 drugs case probed by a Wankhede-led team.