Actors Gossips: Bombay HC grants interim relief to Amyra Dastur; restrains Luviena Lodh from making defamatory comments against her.
Amyra Dastur also sought damages for causing harm to her reputation and social
standing.
Bombay supreme court on Monday restrained Luviena Lodh from "publishing,
circulating… or republishing any defamatory comments and/or offending videos"
against actor Amyra Dastur.
Bombay supreme court granted an interim order of injunction. Justice PK Chavan
granted relief during a plea filed by Dastur seeking an order of injunction
against Lodh from making defamatory statements against her on electronic media
and on her social media handles.
Dastur also sought damages for causing harm to her reputation and social
standing.
Vacation court Judge, Justice PK Chavan heard the matter and observed Dastur’s
"averments within the plaint reveal that the defendant (Lodh) has been causing
damage to her persistently and continuously making defamatory and libelous
statements on social media and electronic media."
As per Dastur's claim, Lodh gave out interviews on various news channels and
made statements on her personal handle against Bollywood director Mahesh Bhatt
during which she unnecessarily dragged Dastur's name.
Advocate Saveena Bedi (Lawhive Associates), appearing for Dastur, delivered to
the Court’s attention the subsequent statement made by Lodh on her Twitter
handle:
"Meri shaadii Mahesh Bhatt ke bhanje Sumit Sabherwal ke sath huyi thi, aur
maine unke khilaaf divorce case file kiya hae kyunki mujhe pata Chalgaya tha
woh drugs supply karte hain actors ko jaise Amyra Dastur, Sapna Pabbi."
Lodh’s counsel Prashant Pandey counsel said she is additionally an actor and a
makeup director and "has not and doesn't shall make any defamatory statement
qua the plaintiff (Dastur)."
He said she merely "placed truth and facts as noticed on social and electronic
media." When asked by HC if she would stop making such statements, he said,
she was "ready to undergo Narco analysis test in support of her statements."
He later added that Lodh didn't and doesn't shall make any defamatory
statements against Dastur.
All an equivalent , the Court found it just and proper to grant the ad-interim
relief. The Court has granted 4 weeks' time for Lodh to file a reply to the
plea and a couple of weeks for Dastur to file her response.
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