Overview
- Notices were issued to Red Chillies Entertainment, Netflix and Shah Rukh Khan, with X, Google, Meta, RPG Lifestyle Media and a John Doe also named as defendants.
- Wankhede seeks Rs 2 crore in damages to be donated to Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital, along with permanent and mandatory injunctions and takedowns of the contested material.
- The judge declined to grant an interim injunction and asked the defendants to respond to the takedown application before the next date.
- Netflix and Red Chillies were represented by senior counsel, and Netflix signaled it will oppose the suit.
- The plaint alleges a deliberate attempt to malign Wankhede during ongoing Mumbai cases and cites an obscene depiction and violations of the National Honour, IT and BNS statutes.