Delhi High Court on Thursday rejected the defamation suit filed by Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Sameer Wankhede, over his alleged portrayal in the Netflix series The Ba***ds of Bollywood, holding that it lacked jurisdiction to entertain it, ANI reported.
The Court accordingly returned the suit to be presented before a court of competent jurisdiction.
Wankhede, a former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officer, claimed that parts of the series are defamatory and could harm his reputation.
The lawsuit specifically targeted Episode 1, between 32:02 and 33:50, where a character, according to Wankhede, closely resembles him in appearance, behaviour, and mannerisms.
The Netflix series was created, co-written, and directed by Aryan Khan, son of Shah Rukh Khan. Aryan Khan had been arrested by Wankhede during a 2021 NCB raid on a cruise ship, though he and five others were later cleared by the agency in 2022.
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