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Now, Mahesh Bhatt’s sister Kumkum Saigal moves court
8:25 AM
THE TIMES OF INDIA (October 30, 2020)
Mumbai: Mahesh Bhatt’s sister Kumkum Saigal and nephew Sahil Saigal have moved the city civil court against defamatory remarks allegedly made by Luviena Lodh, wife of relative Sumit Sabharwal. The plea said that Lodh in a video had made criminal allegations against members of the family. The Saigals have sought the court’s directions to prohibit Lodh from making such defamatory claims online and also sought Rs 90 lakh in damages. The matter will be heard again next week.
The plea said that the offending video has received wide publicity, and so they have been defamed and suffered damage to reputation and goodwill. “The offending video appears to be a desperate and malicious attempt on the part of the defendant to settle personal scores with Sabharwal with whom she is involved in a matrimonial dispute,” the plea said. Advocate Prashant Pandey, who appeared for Lodh, said that the court has granted their side time to submit a reply. “I requested the court for transfer of plaint to Dindoshi court,” he said.
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MUMBAI MIRROR (October 30, 2020)
Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt's sister and nephew on Wednesday moved the Bombay City Civil Court seeking a permanent injunction against actor Luviena Lodh from making defamatory statements against them, a written apology and Rs 90 lakh in damages.
Filed by Bhatt’s sister Kumkum Saigal and nephew Sahil Saigal, the plaint states that Lodh had uploaded a video to Instagram in which she has claimed that her husband Sumit Sabarwal (a relative of the Saigals) is in the business of supplying drugs and human trafficking, that Mahesh Bhatt is a ‘don’ and ‘operates that system’. In the video, Lodh claimed that the plaintiff’s were attempting to evict her from a disputed flat in Versova. The plaint also states that the video appears to be an attempt on the actor’s part to “settle personal scores” in a matrimonial dispute with her husband.
The actor’s lawyer Prashant Pandey told Mirror that the court had granted time until next week to file their reply in the matter, without granting interim relief sought by the plaintiffs. He said he would seek the transfer of the case to the Dindoshi Civil Court.
Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt file Rs 1 crore defamation suit against actor Luviena Lodh
8:39 AM
Swati Deshpande (THE TIMES OF INDIA; October 27, 2020)
Mumbai: In part interim relief for film makers Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt, Bombay High Court (HC) on Monday restrained actor Luviena Lodh from making and circulating any defamatory statements against them. Justice Anil Menon passed the interim order after recording Lodh’s lawyer Prashant Pandey’s statement that she had neither made nor would make any defamatory statements against the Bhatts.
The Bhatt brothers filed a civil suit in HC, seeking damages of Rs 2 crore from Lodh over alleged defamatory statements and an “unconditional apology’’ from her. The HC, however, passed no interim order at this stage for removal of a video which Bhatts’ alleged was defamatory against them, and gave Lodh three weeks to file a reply to the suit.
The Bhatts, through their counsel Venkatesh Dhond with Ameet Naik had sought urgent orders for its deletion and removal from social media online.
Pandey said that Lodh stands by her video and also added that she “fears for her life”.
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MUMBAI MIRROR (October 27, 2020)
Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and his brother Mukesh Bhatt on Monday filed a defamation suit in the Bombay High Court against actor Luviena Lodh for making defamatory, slanderous and false allegations against them. The Bhatts have sought Rs 1 crore in damages from Lodh and also an order restraining her from making any such false claims in future.
Lodh, through her lawyer Prashant Pandey, assured the HC that she will not make any defamatory statements about them going forward. She, however, said that she stands by the “alleged defamatory” statements directed towards her husband.
Justice A K Menon directed her not to make any defamatory statements against them and also restrained her from further circulating the video uploaded on Instagram. The judge, however, refused to direct Lodh to remove the offending video from her Instagram account.
In the video, Lodh, who is fighting a matrimonial dispute with her husband Sumit Sabharwal, had alleged that he is Mahesh Bhatt’s nephew, and in the business of supplying drugs to actors and involved in human trafficking. She also alleged that Bhatt was aware of this.
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