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Renowned playback vocalist Kumar Sanu has filed a defamation suit successful the Bombay High Court against his erstwhile woman Rita Bhattacharya, seeking ₹30 lakh successful damages and removal of interviews wherever she allegedly made defamatory statements astir him. The lawsuit comes much than 2 decades aft the couple’s divorce, which was finalised in 2001. The substance volition beryllium heard connected December 17.
According to the petition, Ms. Bhattacharya gave interviews to amusement platforms specified arsenic Viral Bhayani and Film Window successful which she accused the vocalist of starving her during pregnancy, locking the kitchen, denying beverage and aesculapian care, and conducting tribunal proceedings portion she was expecting. She besides alleged that Mr. Sanu had aggregate affairs and neglected his family. The interviews were wide circulated connected societal media successful September 2025.
The petition states that these remarks interruption the consent terms recorded during their divorcement proceedings earlier the Bandra Family Court connected February 9, 2001. Those terms, according to Mr. Sanu, included a clause that neither enactment would marque allegations against the different successful the future. The petition argues that Ms. Bhattacharya’s statements person caused reputational harm and intelligence distress.
The ineligible announcement sent connected September 27 to Ms. Bhattacharya and media platforms warned of transgression prosecution if the interviews were not taken down. It said, “Our Client emphasizes the sedate quality of the defamatory statements made by you, and the superior ineligible consequences that whitethorn travel if contiguous remedial enactment is not taken.”
The announcement besides highlighted the quality of allegations, “You person alleged, inter alia, that Our Client failed to provide you nutrient during pregnancy, that his household members are ‘ill-mannered’ and ‘uncultured,’ and person adjacent questioned the adoption process that Our Client undertook.”
The petition said that Ms. Bhattacharya’s statements person importantly damaged the singer’s hard-earned reputation, some personally and professionally. “These derogatory remarks person created mendacious impressions wrong societal and nonrecreational circles among neighbours, and successful imaginable concern opportunities, resulting successful important monetary and reputational loss,” the petition read.
While the civilian suit seeks damages and takedown orders, the ineligible announcement warns of transgression enactment nether Section 356 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita if the defendants fail to retract the statements.
The petition besides includes a transcript of a Delhi High Court bid dated October 15, 2025, successful an unrelated lawsuit wherever the tribunal directed takedowns of AI-generated contented allegedly misusing the singer’s persona.
