Bombay HC Extends Stay On Summons To Alia In Gangubai Kathiawadi’ Row
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday extended the stay granted on summons in the defamation case against Alia Bhatt and writers S Hussain Zaidi and Jane Borges in connection with the upcoming film ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’.
A single bench of Justice SK Shinde extended the interim stay granted by the HC in August this year.
Bhatt and others had moved the High Court earlier this year against the summons issued against them by a magisterial court, when one Babuji Shah, who claims to be the adopted son of Gangubai Kathiawadi, alleged some portions of the film were defamatory and tarnished the image of his late mother, a powerful madam from Kamathipura, Mumbai’s red-light area, during the 1960s.
On Wednesday, Justice Shinde said Shah had so far failed to prove that he was the legally adopted son of Kathiawadi.
“The issue deserves attention since the right to raise grievances against defamation is limited to family members or close relatives, hence it was important for Mr Shah to prove he was one of them,” the HC said.
The bench said prima facie (on the face of it), a case was made out for the grant of interim relief to Bhatt and the others, and stayed the proceedings and summons against them till further hearing of their plea in the HC.
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