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The Bombay High Court connected Friday (October 10, 2025) dismissed a civilian suitcase filed by histrion Nawazuddin Siddiqui seeking ₹100 crore successful damages from his member Shamasuddin Siddiqui and ex-wife Anjana Kishore Pandey. He has accused them of defamation, cheating, and misappropriation of money.
However, Single Bench judge, Justice Jitendra Jain dismissed the suit for non-prosecution. A elaborate transcript of the bid is awaited.
The suit, filed successful March 2023, said Mr. Siddiqui had appointed his member arsenic his concern manager successful 2008 erstwhile Mr. Shamasuddin was unemployed. The histrion claimed that helium trusted his member wholly and handed implicit recognition cards, ATM cards, debit cards, cheque books, slope passwords and email access. According to the petition, this spot was misused. Mr. Siddiqui alleged that his member diverted his net to bargain flats successful Mumbai, a farmhouse successful Shahpur, onshore successful Muzaffarnagar and adjacent an flat successful Dubai. He besides claimed that luxury cars and bikes were purchased with his money. The histrion said statutory dues were ignored, leaving him with taxation liabilities of ₹37 crore and notices from authorities departments. He alleged that much than ₹21 crore was misappropriated.
The documents authorities that Mr. Shamasuddin purchased a fleet of luxury vehicles utilizing the actor’s money. These included a Ford Endeavour, BMW X5, Range Rover Sport, Range Rover Defender, Jeep Wrangler, BMW Mini Cooper Countryman, Nissan Kicks, Ducati Scrambler bike, 2 Vespa scooters, Mercedes-Benz GLS 300, Mahindra Thar, BMW Cooper Convertible and a Jawa motorcycle. Siddiqui said these acquisitions were made without his consent and nether the pretext of managing his assets.
The documents authorities that Mr. Siddiqui was humiliated earlier authorities erstwhile helium had to wage penalties and settee dues himself. He besides claimed that his member recorded backstage conversations and kept videos to blackmail him later. The histrion said his member joined hands with his ex-wife to record mendacious cases, including allegations of rape and cheating, and to station defamatory comments connected societal media. He alleged that his ex-wife misused ₹10 lakh per period fixed for their children and ₹2.5 crore meant for starting a accumulation house. Both were accused of threatening to leak backstage videos and conversations to harm his image. The petition besides said they conspired with different household members and paid media persons to dispersed mendacious stories.
Mr. Siddiqui claimed these actions caused immense losses, delayed movie releases specified arsenic Afwaah and Tiku Weds Sheru, and outgo him advertizing deals, including a Sprite commercialized that was completed but ne'er released. He said the contention pushed him into slump and adjacent a “suicidal stage,” harming his estimation built implicit 2 decades successful the movie industry.
The suit asked the tribunal to halt the defendants from posting defamatory content, region existing posts, disclose their assets, and contented a nationalist apology. Mr. Siddiqui besides sought ₹100 crore arsenic compensation. He argued that the origin of enactment was continuous, citing the past defamatory postdated March 9, 2023.
