3 minutes of readingChennaiJanuary 29, 2026 12:26 pm IST
In a big relief to Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan, the Delhi High Court rejected the Indian Revenue Service (IRS Officer Sameer Wankhede’s Defamation Lawsuit Against Aryan’s Netflix Show The Ba**ds of Bollywood. In its verdict, the Court ruled that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the case. However, the Court advised Wankhede to approach a court of competent jurisdiction.
According to Bar and Bench, Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav pronounced the verdict and said, “This court lacks jurisdiction to entertain the suit. The suit is remanded to the plaintiff to approach the court of competent jurisdiction. The application, if any, stands dismissed.”
What was the Aryan Khan case?
Wankhede had arrested Aryan Khan in 2021 when he was serving as the zonal director of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). He had arrested Aryan under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act) following a drug raid carried out at a cruise party in Bombay. After spending 25 days in Mumbai Central Prison and being denied bail four times, Aryan was finally granted bail in October 2021.
What is Wankhede’s defamation case against Aryan Khan?
Later, Wankhede filed a defamation case against Aryan Khan, demanding Rs 2 million as damages. He accused Aryan of a “false, malicious and defamatory” performance in his directorial debut Ba**ds of Bollywood by showing a character who looks like him and allegedly mocking him. He stated that the character was conceptualized with the intention of defaming his personal and professional image.
Their statement read: “Sameer Wankhede, an IRS official, has filed a defamation suit with the Delhi High Court seeking relief in the form of permanent and mandatory injunction, declaration and damages against Red Chillies Entertainment Pvt Ltd, owned by actor Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan, OTT platform, Netflix and others, having been aggrieved by a false, malicious and defamatory video produced by Red Chillies and aired on Netflix as part of its television series titled The Ba**ds of Bollywood*. “This series spreads a misleading and negative portrayal of drug enforcement agencies, thereby eroding public trust in law enforcement institutions.”