The Delhi High Court Friday inquired about the maintainability of the defamation suit by IRS officer Sameer Wankhede, who sought an injunction and damages for the “misleading” and “negative” portrayal of anti-drug enforcement agencies in the Aryan Khan-directed Netflix show, ‘Ba****ds of Bollywood’.

In his suit, Wankhede has accused Aryan of a “calculated and vindictive hit job orchestrated to target and malign” him. He also pointed out that he has been the subject matter of “trolling and derogatory insinuations on social media platforms, some of which have received… 1.3 m views.”

Justice Purushaindra Kaurav orally questioned Wankhede’s counsel if there is any cause of action pertaining to Delhi and then suggested he amend the suit accordingly, specifying the cause of action for pursui

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