New Delhi:The Delhi High Court on Friday questioned IRS officer Sameer Wankhede over the maintainability of his defamation plea against actor Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment and Netflix for allegedly maligning his reputation in their web series 'The Ba***ds of Bollywood'.

Mr Wankhede's plea sought a permanent and mandatory injunction, declaration and damages against the Red Chillies Entertainment Private Limited, Netflix and others, for what he alleged was "false, malicious and defamatory video" of the production house and broadcast by Netflix as part of their television series, which is directed by Mr Khan's son, Aryan Khan.

Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav asked Mr Wankhede how his plea was maintainable in Delhi and whether the cause of action arose in the national capital.

"It is seen by viewers in Delhi. Insofar as the web series is published for viewing in Delhi, I am defamed," Mr Wankhede's lawyer Sandeep Sethi told the court.The court then asked Mr Wankhede to amend his plea to show that a cause of action was made out in Delhi.

The plea said the series was deliberately conceptualised and executed with the intent to malign Mr Wankhede's reputation in a colourable and prejudicial manner, especially when the case involving the officer and Aryan Khan is pending and sub-judice before the Bombay High Court and the NDPS Special Court in Mumbai.

Source:Ndtv