‘Not With out Bias’- Delhi Excessive Courtroom Pulls Up Crimson Chillies Over Sameer Wankhede’s Defamation Case

The Delhi Excessive Courtroom has supported Sameer Wankhede in his swimsuit in opposition to Crimson Chillies Leisure over Aryan Khan’s present The Ba***ds of Bollywood. The previous NCB officer alleged that the present defames him. Whereas the makers claimed that the sequence is a satire, the Delhi HC mentioned that the depiction was satire, however it wasn’t with out bias. 

Wankhede sued Crimson Chillies, Netflix and present’s director Aryan Khan for defamation. He claimed {that a} character within the present resembled Wankhede and mocked him. Aryan was arrested by Wankhede in 2021 as part of the Narcotics Management Bureau’s raid however all costs in opposition to him had been dropped later. In Aryan’s present, a personality who’s an officer of a fictional company, arrests an actor on false costs. Senior Advocate Kaul, who’s representing Crimson Chillies, advised the court docket, “I’m entitled to do that. You’re placing a gun to my head within the plaint. In fact, I can say that I’m impressed by characters….Each producer, paparazzi can seem tomorrow, (saying) my face resembles. RK Laxman’s character is an instance who ridiculed the Prime Minister.”

Responding to this, the court docket mentioned that there was no bias in RK Laxman’s work however there’s bias in The Ba***ds of Bollywood, since Aryan and Wankhede have a historical past. Senior Advocate Sai Deepak who’s showing for Wankhede argued that satire is normally based mostly on actual incidents, not fiction and questioned, “Who’re you making a satire on?” He additionally mentioned that the scene was a mockery of his consumer and eradicating it won’t disrupt the narrative of the present however maintaining it would have an effect on Wankhede.

The court docket then enquired in regards to the pending CBI, ED, and CAT instances in opposition to Wankhede to which he responded, “Do I deserve this trial in public opinion?” Wankhede’s lawyer additional argued that his household has been ridiculed via the present. He cited a assessment by Kamal R Khan that accused The Ba***ds of Bollywood of ridiculing Wankhede. “The present has satisfied people who I’ve no integrity. Chor, and what else? Crimson Chillies and Netflix are in cahoots with one another. They aren’t saying we’re simply an middleman, so a sure diploma of legal responsibility is on Netflix as properly,” added the lawyer.