Overview

• Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav said the plaint could be considered in Delhi only if an amended filing shows publication or maximum reputational harm in the capital.
• No fresh date was set for an amendment request, with the court stating the Registry will list any application when it is filed.
• Sameer Wankhede sued Netflix, Red Chillies Entertainment and several platforms seeking an injunction and Rs 2 crore in damages to be donated to Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital.
• The suit alleges a defamatory portrayal and cites a scene invoking the national motto followed by an obscene gesture, asserting a violation of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971.
• Wankhede, who led the 2021 NCB raid in which Aryan Khan was arrested before later receiving a clean chit, declined detailed comment and said, “Satyameva jayate.”