Overview
- Justice Vikas Mahajan allowed Sameer Wankhede to present his defamation plaint before the City Civil & Sessions Court, Dindoshi, with both sides directed to appear on February 12.
- The Delhi High Court said its order will serve as summons to Red Chillies Entertainment and Netflix, so no separate notice will issue from the Mumbai court.
- The step follows Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav’s January 29 decision returning the plaint after holding that Delhi lacked territorial jurisdiction for the online defamation claim.
- Wankhede alleges Episode 1 features a thinly veiled portrayal of him, including an obscene gesture after “Satyamev Jayate,” and seeks injunctions and Rs 2 crore in damages proposed for donation to Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital.
- The defendants argue the series is fictional and satirical and maintain that Mumbai is the proper venue for any dispute.