Top Bollywood production houses and associations filed a suit in Delhi High Court on Monday against certain news channels for defaming the industry. Republic TV, Arnab Goswami, Pradeep Bhandari, Times Now, Rahul Shivshankar, Navika Kumar have been named in the suit filed before the Delhi High Court.
Times Now's news anchors Navika Kumar and Rahul Shivshankar have reacted to the lawsuit.
Tagging Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Karan Johar, Navika tweeted: "If fighting for justice invites court cases, bring it on. All the a-listers can come together but India will continue to fight for the truth. You can’t intimidate us @TimesNow & can’t take away the viewers who believe in us. Let Truth prevail. @aamir_khan @iamsrk @karanjohar"
While Rahul Shivshankar tweeted,"We'll respond in court on whether 'derogatory' words reported to be in the plea were used by @TIMESNOW. But the ones below certainly were. What's behind the selectiveness? Artistic license? | @iamrohitshetty @roykapurfilms @SKFilmsOfficial @BeingSalmanKhan @sikhyaent @VVCFilms"
Bollywood's civil suit against the news channels has sought to restrain these media houses from conducting media trials of Bollywood personalities and interfering with their right to privacy.
The plaintiffs also prayed 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 defamatory content published by them against Bollywood.
Thirty-four production houses in Bollywood are represented through the plaintiffs, besides four industry associations Producers Guild of India, Cine and TV Artiste Association, Film and TV Producers Council, and Screenwriters Association.
The 34 production houses that have also been represented are: Aamir Khan Productions, Ad-Labs Films, Ajay Devgn Fflims, Andolan Films, Anil Kapoor Film and Communication Network, Arbaaz Khan Productions, Ashutosh Gowarikaer Productions, BSK Network and Entertainment, Cape Of Good Films, Clean Slate Filmz, Dharma Productions, Emmay Entertainment and Motion Pictures, Excel Entertainment, Filmkraft Productions, Hope Production, Kabir Khan Films, Luv Films, Macguffin Pictures, Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment, One India Stories, R.S. Entertainment, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Pictures, Red Chillies Entertainment, Reliance Big Entertainment, Reel Life Productions, Rohit Shetty Pictures, Roy Kapur Productions, Salman Khan Ventures, Sohail Khan Productions, Sikhya Entertianment, Tiger Baby Digital, Vinod Chopra Films, Vishal Bhardwaj Film, and Yash Raj Films.