Overview

• Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav said the plaint did not establish why Delhi was the proper forum and rejected it in its present form.
• The court allowed Wankhede to amend the jurisdictional averments, with the Registry to list the matter upon filing and no date announced.
• Wankhede seeks injunctions and ₹2 crore in damages to be donated to Tata Memorial, naming Netflix, Red Chillies, Aryan Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and multiple tech platforms.
• His suit alleges a defamatory portrayal of anti-drug authorities and cites a scene invoking “Satyamev Jayate” followed by an obscene gesture, also referencing the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971.
• The Ba***ds of Bollywood is Aryan Khan’s Netflix directorial debut produced by Red Chillies; the cop character is credited as “plain-clothed cop” played by Ashish Kumar, who responded online that he “just did my job.”