India, Sept. 26 -- The Delhi High Court on Friday questioned the maintainability of IRS officer and former NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede's defamation plea against actor Shah Rukh Khan and his wife Gauri Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment, along with Netflix, over their web series The Ba**ds of Bollywood*.

Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav asked Wankhede's counsel to explain how the plea could be maintained in Delhi. Senior advocate Sandeep Sethi, appearing for Wankhede, argued that the series was streamed across cities, including Delhi, and that his client's reputation had been tarnished here. He, however, sought time to amend the plaint accordingly.

The court granted time to file the amended application before the matter is heard f...