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Delhi High Court Issues Summons in Sameer Wankhede’s Defamation Suit Over Netflix Series

The court set a seven-day reply deadline, denied interim relief, then fixed October 30 for the next hearing.

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.