Overview

• Filing in the Delhi High Court, the ex-NCB officer seeks a permanent and mandatory injunction, a declaration, and Rs 2 crore in damages he proposes to donate to Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital.
• He alleges the Netflix series contains false, malicious, and defamatory content and disseminates a misleading portrayal of anti-drug enforcement agencies.
• The petition challenges a scene showing an obscene gesture immediately after the slogan “Satyamev Jayate,” citing the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971, and flags alleged violations of the IT Act and the BNS.
• Wankhede argues the depiction is prejudicial while matters involving him and Aryan Khan remain sub judice before the Bombay High Court and an NDPS Special Court in Mumbai.
• In a separate development, the NHRC urged Mumbai Police to consider an FIR over a vaping depiction in the finale, adding regulatory scrutiny to the show.