India, Nov. 27 -- Merely contending that 'Ba***ds of Bollywood' is directed by Aryan Khan, with whom Sameer Wankhede has a prior history, does not establish malice on Khan's part and justify the removal of portions from the series, over the top (OTT) platform Netflix told the Delhi high court on Thursday.

The series was created, co-written, and directed by Aryan Khan, Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's son, who was arrested by Wankhede in a Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) raid on a cruise ship in 2021. Aryan Khan and five others were exonerated by NCB in 2022.

The submission was made by the platform's lawyer, Rajiv Nayyar, before a bench of Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, to oppose Wankhede's defamation suit filed against the platform a...