The Delhi High Court, on Tuesday, granted former Indian Revenue Service officer Sameer Wankhede the liberty to pursue his defamation suit against the Netflix series The Ba***ds of Bollywood in a court in Mumbai. As reported by Bollywood Hungama, Justice Vikas Mahajan was hearing Wankhede’s plea under the Civil Procedure Code when he stated that the National Capital Court lacks territorial jurisdiction to hear the matter.
The court then granted him permission to present his plaint before the City Civil and Sessions Court, Dindoshi in Mumbai. It also directed both parties to appear before the Mumbai court on February 12, when Wankhede’s plea will be heard.
This comes days after the Delhi High Court rejected Sameer’s plea against Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s production house Red Chillies Entertainment Pvt Ltd and OTT platform Netflix over his alleged defamatory portrayal in the web series ‘The Ba**ds of Bollywood’.
Sameer Wankhede had filed a defamation suit seeking an injunction and the takedown of scenes in the Netflix series that allegedly ridicule him. The former NCB officer, who arrested actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan in 2021 during a high-profile drug raid in Mumbai, was later cleared of all charges.
In his plea, Wankhede claimed that one of the episodes in the series includes a man bearing a strong resemblance to him and that the depiction aims to tarnish his image. The suit sought ₹2 crore in damages from Red Chillies Entertainment, owned by actor Shah Rukh Khan and his wife Gauri Khan, and from Netflix. He had also requested an injunction restraining the publication or further dissemination of any defamatory statements related to him.
About The Ba***ds Of Bollywood
Ba***ds Of Bollywood marks the directorial debut of Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan. The show stars Bobby Deol, Lakshya, Sahher Bambba, Manoj Pahwa, Mona Singh, Manish Chaudhari, Raghav Juyal, Anya Singh, Manoj Pahwa, and Vijayant Kohli, with Rajat Bedi and Gautami Kapoor. The series follows Aasmaan Singh (Lakshya), an ambitious outsider determined to carve a space in Bollywood. Along the way, he discovers the chaotic, glamorous, yet cutthroat nature of the industry.
Created under the Red Chillies Entertainment banner, The Ba***ds Of Bollywood blends humour with drama in a self-aware, high-energy narrative. Netflix describes it as “the baddest, filmiest show on Earth," packed with cameos, thrills, and an adventurous dive into the film industry.
