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Shahrukh, Aamir and Karan Johar to file a suit against news channels

October 12 2020, 6:09 pm

Mumbai, 12th October: 34 Bollywood production houses have filed a suit against News Channels in the Delhi High Court.

According to news from the Indian website The Quint, on 12 October, a civil suit was filed before the Delhi High Court by four Bollywood industry associations and 34 Bollywood producers to refrain from making or publishing irresponsible, derogatory and defamatory remarks against Bollywood.

A suit has been filed against Republic TV, Arnab Goswami and Pradeep Bhandari (of Republic TV), Rahul Shivshankar and Navika Kumar (of Times Now) and unknown defendants as well as social media platforms.

The petition urged that the defamatory comments against Bollywood celebrities should not be telecasted and a restrain should be imposed on conducting media trials on them or interfering with the right to privacy of actors and others associated with the film industry.

The petition also stated that the “defendants abide by the provisions of the Programme Code under the Cable Television Networks Rules, 1994, and to withdraw, recall and take down all the defamatory content published by them against Bollywood”.

This legal action comes after the use of derogatory words for Bollywood such as “dirt, filth, scum, druggies”, and expressions such as “it is Bollywood where the dirt needs to be cleaned”, “all the perfumes of Arabia cannot take away the stench and the stink of this filth and scum of the underbelly of Bollywood”, “this is the dirtiest industry in the country”, and “cocaine and LSD drenched Bollywood”, by the news channels as per a report by Bar And Bench.

A complete list of the plaintiffs that have filed the suit is as follow: