“If you can give reply on Twitter then you better reply here also,” Justice Jamdar said before passing an order to file a reply by November 9, 2021.The hearing on suit was adjourned to November 10, 2021.The suit has sought damages to the tune of Rs 1.25 crores for allegedly making defamatory statements.The suit arose after Malik shared Wankhede’s purported birth certificate on his Twitter handle which allegedly stated that Wankhede’s father was a Muslim.In the suit, Dhyandev Wankhede, the Plaintiff, claimed that the tirade against his son started only after Malik’s son-in-law Sameer Khan was arrested by NCB in January this year under NDPS Act.He alleged that remarks, insinuation either oral or written, and interviews with Wankhede’s family members and with Malik were “tortious and defamatory”.“Defendants have caused irreparable loss, damage, harm, prejudice to the name, character, reputation and societal image of Plaintiff and his family members,” the plea said.
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