New Delhi, June 20 -- In a fresh twist in the HDFC Bank vs Lilavati Trust row, the LKMM Trust has filed a Rs.1,000 crore civil defamation lawsuit against HDFC Bank MD and CEO Sashidhar Jagdishan.

Lilavati Trust has accused the HDFC Bank CEO of making a series of "malicious, false and defamatory" statements against it and its permanent trustee, Prashant Mehta.

"The Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust (LKMM Trust) has filed a Rs.1,000 crore civil defamation lawsuit against Mr. Sashidhar Jagdishan, Managing Director & CEO of HDFC Bank, over a series of malicious, false, and defamatory statements made against the Trust and its Permanent Trustee, Mr. Prashant Mehta," the Lilavati Trust said in a statement.

The Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai ...