Former NCB Mumbai Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede has filed a defamation suit against Netflix and Red Chillies Entertainment over the series Bads of Bollywood, claiming it maligns his reputation and endangers his family. The Delhi High Court has issued summons to the defendants, with the case listed for hearing on October 30.
Former NCB officer Sameer Wankhede has filed a defamation suit against Netflix and Red Chillies Entertainment, alleging that The Bads of Bollywood portrays him in a “false, malicious, and defamatory” light.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued summons to Red Chillies Entertainment Private Limited and others in a civil defamation suit filed by Sameer Wankhede.
The High Court has asked Red Chillies Entertainment and others to file a reply within 7 days. The petition has been asked to file a rejoinder within 3 days thereafter.
Former NCB officer Sameer Wankhede avoided commenting on Netflix and Red Chillies’ series The Bads of Bollywood, saying only “Satyamev Jayate” while attending a drug awareness camp in Mumbai.
The Delhi High Court has refused to entertain the plea of former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) zonal director and Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Sameer Wankhede against the Aryan Khan directorial venture 'The Bads of Bollywood.'
Aryan Khan’s directorial debut, The Bads of Bollywood, has run into legal controversy just days after its Netflix premiere. Former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officer Sameer Wankhede, who spearheaded the 2021 cruise ship drug raid that led to Aryan’s arrest, has filed a defamation suit against Red Chillies Entertainment and the streaming giant. At the center of the dispute is a scene widely seen as a direct dig at Wankhede, reopening one of Bollywood’s most polarizing scandals.
Former NCB officer Sameer Wankhede filed a defamation suit against Aryan Khan, Netflix and Red Chillies, alleging The Bads of Bollywood allegedly mocks him. The move reopens the 2021 cruise-drugs saga that saw Aryan’s arrest, bail, a later clean chit, and ensuing probes into Sameer Wankhede’s conduct.
nThe CBI informed the Bombay High Court on Tuesday that it will complete its probe into bribery allegations against former NCB officer Sameer Wankhede within the next three months.
Patil, after seeking instructions from the concerned officials, told the court the agency would not arrest Wankhede till February 20. The bench accepted the statement and posted the plea for hearing on February 20.
Last Friday, the HC had directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) not to take any coercive against the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer till May 22.
Wankhede reached the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) office in Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) around 10.15 am.
The Central Bureau of Investigation's FIR in the Sameer Wankhede case has revealed that KP Gosavi, who was brought in as an independent witness of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), and his aide Sanvile D’Souza conspired to extort Rs 25 crore from Aryan Khan’s family on behalf of Wankhede, then Zonal Director with the NCB. Wankhede and two officials of his team did not follow the procedure of investigation in the case, the FIR added. Watch to know what more the FIR said!
The NCB, which had filed a charge-sheet in the drugs-on-cruise case, gave a clean chit to Aryan Khan, while an SIT set up by the anti-drugs agency claimed the probe led by Wankhede had lapses.
The NCB, which recently filed a charge-sheet in the drugs-on-cruise case, gave a clean chit to Aryan Khan, while an SIT set up by the anti-drug agency claimed the probe led by Wankhede had lapses.
Appropriate action is also being initiated against Sameer Wankhede for allegedly providing a fake caste certificate, official sources added.
The assurance came after the high court asked the minister whether he has lodged a complaint with the caste scrutiny committee regarding his allegations against Sameer Wankhede’s caste credentials, and said if he has not done so what was his intention behind the "media publicity", which it said does not befit a minister.
Dnyandev Wankhede mentioned for urgent hearing his appeal challenging the single bench order and urged a division bench of Justices S J Kathawalla and Milind Jadhav to grant him relief.
The senior Wankhede approached the Oshiwara division’s assistant commissioner of police on Monday with his written complaint, demanding that an FIR be registered against the minister under the SC/ST Act, he said.
A vacation bench of Justice Madhav Jamdar asked Malik to file his affidavit by Tuesday, and posted the matter for further hearing on Wednesday.
Speaking to reporters, Nawab Malik claimed BJP leader Mohit Bharatiya was the "mastermind" of the plot.
Mutha Ashok Jain, Deputy DG, South-Western Region, NCB was quoted by ANI as saying, “A total of six cases of our zone will now be investigated by Delhi teams (of NCB), including Aryan Khan’s case and five other cases. It was an administrative decision."
The NCP spokesperson also hit out at former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, rubbishing the claim that he has links with the underworld.
Referring to his own - ''Picture is not over yet'' - tweet that he had posted on Thursday after Aryan Khan, son of actor Shah Rukh Khan, was granted bail by the Bombay High Court in the drugs-on-cruise case, Malik said the picture will end with Wankhede losing his job and facing legal action for forging documents and securing a job that was meant for an SC candidate.
NCB’s Sameer Wankhede had moved the Bombay HC on October 28 seeking protection from arrest in view of the four cases that have been filed against him after Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik accused him of extortion.