‘Ready to apologise and withdraw comments against Richa Chadha’: Payal Ghosh makes U-turn in Rs 1.1 crore defamation suit
the lawyer representing actor Payal Ghosh has sensationally told the Bombay High Court that she was ready to apologise and withdraw comments against Richa Chadha
New Delhi: As today marks the hearing of Richa Chadha’s defamation case against Payal Ghosh and others before the Bombay High Court, the recent update suggests that the lawyer representing actor Payal Ghosh has sensationally told the Bombay High Court that she was ready to apologise and withdraw comments against Richa Chadha to settle the matter outside the court.
The Bombay High Court, according to Livelaw, asked the lawyer of Kamaal R Khan if he was also willing to withdraw the comments. Khan’s lawyer said that he will have to take instructions saying that his client was not in India.
A single-judge bench of Justice AK Menon asked Payal Ghosh’s lawyer Nitin Satpute if his client wished to withdraw her statements against Richa Chadha. Satpute was asked to take instructions from Payal Ghosh on the matter.
Ready to apologize and withdraw the comments against Richa Chadha @RichaChadha, Payal Ghosh's lawyer Nitin Satpute tells Bombay HC. https://t.co/zHk7fNTICG
— Live Law (@LiveLawIndia) October 7, 2020
The court was hearing a defamation suit filed by Chadha against Ghosh, Aamoda Broadcasting Company Pvt Ltd, critic Kamaal R Khan, and others for allegedly defaming her in the alleged rape case against filmmaker Anurag Kashyap by Ghosh.
Chadha has filed the suit over recording, displaying and sharing an interview by Ghosh in connection with her charges against the well-known filmmaker.
She has alleged that the acts have resulted in “tarninshing her reputation” and “subjected her to immense humiliation, ridicule, unwanted speculation, harassment, harsh public scrutiny and loss of business opportunities and goodwill thereby causing tremendous stress and mental agony.”
She is, therefore, seeking Rs 1.10 crores in damages collectively from the defendants.
Meanwhile, Kashyap has vehemently denied any such incident as alleged by Payal Ghosh and sought severe action against the actress for “misusing” the criminal justice system, his lawyer had said last week.
Ghosh had last month filed an FIR against Anurag Kashyap accusing him of sexually assaulting her. Kashyap had later appeared before the Versova police station in Mumbai for questioning in the matter.