Delhi High Court issues notice to Red Chillies, Netflix in Sameer Wankhede defamation case
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court issued notices to Red Chillies Entertainment, Netflix, and other parties, on Wednesday, in a defamation suit filed by IRS officer Sameer Wankhede against the series “Ba***ds of Bollywood.”
The directions were given by Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav to defendants, including Red Chillies, X, Google and Meta Platforms, to submit their replies within seven days. The case is scheduled for further hearing on October 30.
Wankhede’s request to remove the allegedly defamatory content from online platforms, did not receive any interim relief by the court. The court noted that such action could have wide implications.
In the cruise ship drug case, Wankhede had led the 2021 NCB raid and Aryan was arrested. Wankhede in his petition had alleged that the series, produced by Red Chillies and streamed on Netflix, misrepresents him and undermines the credibility of anti-drug enforcement agencies. He has sought damages of ₹2 crore, stating that the amount would be donated to Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital.
The plea claims that the series deliberately depicts Wankhede in a false and prejudicial manner and highlights a scene in which a character makes an obscene gesture while reciting the national slogan “Satyamev Jayate,” which, according to the petition, violates the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971.
The petition further asserts that the content contravenes provisions of the Information Technology Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. It also alleged that it is designed to outrage public sentiment.
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Cheating made bigger than it actually is: Gukesh
Prague (PTI): World Champion D Gukesh has categorically stated that the problems around cheating in chess are made to be bigger than its existence.
Speaking during a press conference for the Prague International festival, Gukesh said he did not support Vladimir Kramnik, a former world champion who has been infamously levelling charges against quite a few chess players suspecting cheating during online games.
“Obviously, I’m against any kind of unfair or unethical play," “It’s a kind of problem that we have been seeing lately," Gukesh said.
The whole world had stood out for Grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky of America who died at a young age of just 29 years. Naroditsky was a famous content creator in chess who appeared to be very emotional in his last stream just days before his untimely death.
Gukesh is not the only one to join the bandwagon as earlier World number one Magnus Carlsen, FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich and Indian stars Arjun Erigaisi and Nihal Sarin had also criticised Kramnik as his allegations could not be substantiated with any definite proof.
Speaking about the forthcoming Candidates tournament, Gukesh said he did not believe in favourites and that he would love to play fellow city-mate R Praggnanandhaa.
Meanwhile in the first round of the super tournament, Gukesh will face Hans Moke Niemann of United States, another player who has fought his way to top level chess. Niemann is a dangerous customer and Gukesh likes to go for complex play which insures a fighting beginning for the World Champion.
The other Indian in the fray, Aravindh Chithambaram will take on Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan, a recent winner of the Tata Steel Masters.
