Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan-owned ‘Red Chillies Entertainment’ on Wednesday opposed IRS officer Sameer Wankhede’s plea in the Delhi High Court seeking an interim stay on ‘The Bads of Bollywood’ web series, saying it is a satirical work. Wankhede has requested that the web series, which he has alleged is defamatory, be removed from several websites.
The film production company argued that the suit did not have Delhi jurisdiction and should have been filed in Mumbai instead of Delhi, as Wankhede lives there and the registered office of the company is also in Mumbai. Senior advocate Neeraj Kishan Kaul, appearing for Red Chillies, told Justice Purushendra Kumar Kaurav that the plaintiff had cited the jurisdiction of Delhi on the basis that many people living here visit it and many newspapers have reported about them here.
The court has fixed the next hearing of the case for Thursday. Responding to Wankhede’s interim application, respondent Red Chillies Entertainment Pvt Ltd said the web series is a “satire” and such depiction is permitted in law as a legitimate form of artistic expression.
News Source- PTI Information