HC to pass order on Nov 22 on plea filed by Wankhedes father seeking injunction against Malik
Mumbai Nov 18 PTI The Bombay High Court on Thursday said it will pass an order on November 22 on a plea filed by Dnyandev Wankhede father of NCBs zonal director Sameer Wankhede seeking interim reliefs against Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik including an injunction prohibiting him from posting any defamatory content on social media against him and his family A single bench of Justice Madhav Jamdar on Thursday took on record additional documents submitted by Malik and Dnyandev Wankhede related to the ongoing controversy over the NCB officers caste certificate Malik has been alleging that Sameer Wankhede though born a Muslim had secured a central government job claiming to be from the Scheduled Caste category But Wankhede has denied the allegations levelled against him The documents that both the parties submitted before the court on Thursday include Sameer Wankhedes birth certificate and his school leaving certificate Malik submitted a letter by the Public Health Officer of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC with a copy of the declaration pertaining to the change of name of Sameer Wankhede and two school leaving certificates issued for Wankhede by St Josephs High School and St Paul High School in the city in the 1980s All of these documents Malik claimed showed that Wankhede was born a Muslim and that his fathers real name was not Dnyandev but Dawood As per Maliks claims made before the high court the name of the NCB officers father was Dawood K Wankhede and it was only in 1993 that he got it changed to Dnyandev Wankhede Dnyandev Wankhede however countered Maliks claims and submitted a digitised birth certificate issued by the BMC for Sameer Wankhede and his own caste certificate Dnyandev Wankhedes counsel advocate Arshad Shaikh said these two documents show that Sameer Wankhedes fathers name had always been Dnyandev and that the NCB officer was born a Hindu and belonged to Mahar community a Scheduled Caste He said Sameer Wankhedes birth certificate had initially mistakenly mentioned his fathers name as Dawood but the same had been corrected way back Advocate Shaikh further argued that Malik had been tweeting and making defamatory statements against the Wankhedes without verifying facts He said that as per Maliks own documents submitted in the high court the minister received Sameer Wankhedes birth certificate two days ago in response to his RTI query although he had been making statements on the NCB zonal director being a Muslim and lying about his caste certificate even before receipt of copies of his birth certificate Shaikh further told the high court that the NCP leader must stop calling Dnyandev as Dawood He Malik should not continue to call me Dawood since it was corrected to Dnyandev way back Somehow for the last four days he kept quiet Then he has started again said Shaikh Whether his birth certificate is right or mine that has to be seen he told the high court The documents were submitted and the arguments were made over a defamation plea filed by Dnyandev Wankhede seeking several reliefs against Malik Dnyandev Wankhede had sought as an interim relief a temporary injunction restraining Malik from making any statements in the future about Sameer Wankhede or his family On November 12 the high court had reserved its order on the aspect of interim relief sought by Dnyandev Wankhede in his defamation suit However on November 16 Malik moved the high court seeking its permission to place on record additional documents On Thursday after taking the above-mentioned documents on record Justice Jamdar reserved his order on the interim application filed by Dnyandev pertaining to the temporary injunction against Malik The high court said it will pronounce its order on the same on November 22 The high court directed both the parties to refrain from submitting any fresh documents until it pronounces its order on November 22 The NCB officers father had filed a defamation suit against Malik earlier this month in the high court seeking among other things that the minister be restrained from posting defamatory statements against him and his family on social media He has also sought damages worth Rs 125 crore Malik has been fiercely attacking Sameer Wankhede after the Narcotics Control Bureaus raid on a cruise party last month following which around 20 people including actor Shah Rukh Khans son Aryan Khan were arrested Aryan Khan and some other accused were later released on bail PTI AYA NP NP
Mumbai Nov 18 PTI The Bombay High Court on Thursday said it will pass an order on November 22 on a plea filed by Dnyandev Wankhede father of NCBs zonal director Sameer Wankhede seeking interim reliefs against Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik including an injunction prohibiting him from posting any defamatory content on social media against him and his family A single bench of Justice Madhav Jamdar on Thursday took on record additional documents submitted by Malik and Dnyandev Wankhede related to the ongoing controversy over the NCB officers caste certificate Malik has been alleging that Sameer Wankhede though born a Muslim had secured a central government job claiming to be from the Scheduled Caste category But Wankhede has denied the allegations levelled against him The documents that both the parties submitted before the court on Thursday include Sameer Wankhedes birth certificate and his school leaving certificate Malik submitted a letter by the Public Health Officer of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC with a copy of the declaration pertaining to the change of name of Sameer Wankhede and two school leaving certificates issued for Wankhede by St Josephs High School and St Paul High School in the city in the 1980s All of these documents Malik claimed showed that Wankhede was born a Muslim and that his fathers real name was not Dnyandev but Dawood As per Maliks claims made before the high court the name of the NCB officers father was Dawood K Wankhede and it was only in 1993 that he got it changed to Dnyandev Wankhede Dnyandev Wankhede however countered Maliks claims and submitted a digitised birth certificate issued by the BMC for Sameer Wankhede and his own caste certificate Dnyandev Wankhedes counsel advocate Arshad Shaikh said these two documents show that Sameer Wankhedes fathers name had always been Dnyandev and that the NCB officer was born a Hindu and belonged to Mahar community a Scheduled Caste He said Sameer Wankhedes birth certificate had initially mistakenly mentioned his fathers name as Dawood but the same had been corrected way back Advocate Shaikh further argued that Malik had been tweeting and making defamatory statements against the Wankhedes without verifying facts He said that as per Maliks own documents submitted in the high court the minister received Sameer Wankhedes birth certificate two days ago in response to his RTI query although he had been making statements on the NCB zonal director being a Muslim and lying about his caste certificate even before receipt of copies of his birth certificate Shaikh further told the high court that the NCP leader must stop calling Dnyandev as Dawood He Malik should not continue to call me Dawood since it was corrected to Dnyandev way back Somehow for the last four days he kept quiet Then he has started again said Shaikh Whether his birth certificate is right or mine that has to be seen he told the high court The documents were submitted and the arguments were made over a defamation plea filed by Dnyandev Wankhede seeking several reliefs against Malik Dnyandev Wankhede had sought as an interim relief a temporary injunction restraining Malik from making any statements in the future about Sameer Wankhede or his family On November 12 the high court had reserved its order on the aspect of interim relief sought by Dnyandev Wankhede in his defamation suit However on November 16 Malik moved the high court seeking its permission to place on record additional documents On Thursday after taking the above-mentioned documents on record Justice Jamdar reserved his order on the interim application filed by Dnyandev pertaining to the temporary injunction against Malik The high court said it will pronounce its order on the same on November 22 The high court directed both the parties to refrain from submitting any fresh documents until it pronounces its order on November 22 The NCB officers father had filed a defamation suit against Malik earlier this month in the high court seeking among other things that the minister be restrained from posting defamatory statements against him and his family on social media He has also sought damages worth Rs 125 crore Malik has been fiercely attacking Sameer Wankhede after the Narcotics Control Bureaus raid on a cruise party last month following which around 20 people including actor Shah Rukh Khans son Aryan Khan were arrested Aryan Khan and some other accused were later released on bail PTI AYA NP NP
