Richa Chadha Files Defamation Suit Against An Actress, Kamaal R Khan, & A News Channel
Richa Chadha had moved a defamation suit on Monday in the Bombay High Court against the actress who had accused filmmaker Anurag Kashyap of sexual misconduct and used her name in other interviews
Richa
Chadha
had
moved
a
defamation
suit
on
Monday
in
the
Bombay
High
Court
against
the
actress
who
had
accused
filmmaker
Anurag
Kashyap
of
sexual
misconduct
and
used
her
name
(Richa)
in
other
interviews,
Kamaal
R
Khan,
and
a
news
channel
for
alleged
defamatory
statements
against
her.
Richa
has
also
sought
Rs
1.1
crore
as
damages
from
them.
A
single-judge
bench
of
Justice
Anil
K
Menon
has
heard
Chadha's
application,
which
was
filed
by
senior
counsel
Veerendra
Tulzapurkar
and
advocate
Saveena
Bedi
Sachar.
The
court
has
asked
Richa
to
serve
a
fresh
personal
notice
to
respondents
along
with
a
service
through
emails.
The
court
has
been
adjourned
till
October
7
for
further
hearing.
The
petition
stated
that
defamatory
statements
had
continued
despite
Richa
sending
a
legal
notice
to
the
actor.
Richa
has
sought
an
order
from
the
court
for
restraining
the
actress
and
unknown
others
from
making
any
defamatory
statements
in
the
future
about
alleged
incidents.
Richa
has
also
deemed
an
apology
on
Twitter
and
other
websites.
Actress
Claimed
Anurag
Kashyap
Took
Sexual
Favours
From
Other
Actresses
In
an
interview,
the
actress
had
accused
Anurag
Kashyap
of
sexual
misconduct
and
also
claimed
that
other
actors
like
Chadha
and
a
few
others
had
granted
sexual
favours
to
Kashyap
to
bag
film
assignments.
Richa's
Statement
Two
days
later,
Richa
had
issued
a
statement
through
her
lawyer
that
read,
"Our
Client
‘Ms.
Richa
Chadha',
condemns
the
act
of
her
name
being
unnecessarily
and
falsely
dragged
in
a
derogatory
manner
into
controversies
and
allegations
being
recently
raised
by
third
parties.
Though
our
Client
believes
that
genuinely
wronged
women
should
get
justice
at
all
costs,
there
are
legislations
that
are
intended
to
ensure
that
women
have
an
equal
standing
in
their
workplace
and
to
ensure
that
they
have
a
cordial
workplace
in
which
their
dignity
and
self-respect
is
protected."
Richa
Had
Also
Sent
Legal
Notice
For
Defamatory
Comments
The
statement
continued,
"No
woman
should
misuse
their
liberties
to
harass
other
women
with
unsubstantiated
or
non-existent,
false
and
baseless
allegations.
Our
Client
has
initiated
appropriate
legal
action
and
shall
further
pursue
her
legal
rights
and
remedies
in
law
as
may
be
advised
in
her
best
interest.
Sd/-
Adv
Saveena
Bedi
Sachar,
Lawhive
Associates."
Reportedly,
Richa
had
sent
legal
notices
to
the
actress
as
well.