Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday said it will pass its order on November 22 on a plea filed by Dnyandev Wankhede, father of NCB's 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 the anti-drug agency officer 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 officer's caste certificate.
Among other things, the court took on record a school admission form and a school leaving certificate submitted by Malik that the NCP leader claimed belongs to Sameer Wankhede and shows that he was born a Muslim.
Dnyandev Wankhede submitted a set of counter documents that included his son's birth certificate and his caste certificate allegedly showing that he indeed belongs to a Scheduled Caste.
The high court directed both the parties to refrain from submitting any fresh documents until it pronounces its order on November 22. Malik has been alleging that Sameer Wankhede, though born a Muslim, had secured a central government job claiming to be from the SC category. But Wankhede has denied the allegations levelled against him.
"The school certificate of Sameer Wankhede, divisional director of anti-narcotics squad, mentions that his religion is Muslim. As well as The full name of Sameer Wankhede on this living certificate is Sameer Dawood Wankhade. We have submitted his school certificate in the Mumbai High Court and a hearing will be held at 2.30 pm today. Sameer Wankhede sent SC false documents," Nawab Malik said Thursday.
"We have submitted all the truthful documents before the court during the hearing of this case," Malik added.
Wankhede's father had filed a defamation suit against Malik earlier this month in the high court, seeking among other things that Malik be restrained from posting defamatory statements against him and his family on social media. He has also sought damages worth Rs 1.25 crore.
Malik has been fiercely attacking Sameer Wankhede after the Narcotics Control Bureau's raid on a cruise party last month following which around 20 people, including actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan, were arrested. Aryan Khan and some other accused were later released on bail.
(With inputs from agencies)
