Overview
- Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav directed all parties, including Red Chillies and Netflix, to file written submissions and listed a detailed hearing for November 10.
- Red Chillies’ affidavit calls the suit misconceived, argues the show does not name or depict Sameer Wankhede, and invokes free-speech protections for satire.
- The company challenges the Delhi High Court’s territorial jurisdiction, noting that Wankhede and principal defendants, including Netflix, are based in Mumbai.
- Wankhede targets a 1-minute-48-second scene he says is defamatory and obscene, citing an alleged middle-finger gesture after “Satyamev Jayate” and invoking the National Honour Act, IT provisions and the BNS.
- No takedown has been ordered, the series remains on Netflix, and Red Chillies cites the Bonnard v. Perryman principle while also pointing to a 2023 CBI FIR to dispute claims of an unblemished reputation.