India, Sept. 26 -- Former NCB official Sameer Wankhede's defamation complaint against filmmaker Aryan Khan and his father, actor-producer Shah Rukh Khan, was rejected by the Delhi High Court on Friday. Wankhede had alleged that Aryan had defamed him in his debut web series, The Ba***ds of Bollywood, which is streaming on Netflix. However, the court reasoned that since the cause of action was not made out in Delhi, his complaint was not maintainable.

Wankhede's matter was heard by Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav at the Delhi High Court on Friday. Appearing for the IRS official, his lawyer Sandeep Sethi said that the web series is meant for across cities, including Delhi. Memes are against Wankhede by people in Delhi, which is why they f...