Bombay HC asks Nawazuddin, his brother to avoid remarks against each other

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui and his brother Shamasuddin not to post or upload any remarks against each other on social media for the sake of maintaining equity and in light of efforts to amicably resolve issues between themA single bench of Justice R I Chagla gave the direction while hearing a defamation suit filed by the 48yearold actor seeking Rs 100 crore in damages from his brother for posting alleged defamatory statements against him on social mediaThe bench directed the brothers to remain present in his chambers along with their lawyers on May 3 to explore the possibility of an amicable settlementThe suit has also named the actors exwife Zainab but on Wednesday Nawazuddin Siddiquis counsel Abhinav Chandrachud told the court that said since the former couple was trying to resolve their issues amicably the actor did not wish to pursue the defamation suit against herAdvocate Rumi Mirza appearing for Shamasuddin Siddiqui told the HC settlement talks are going on between Nawazuddin Siddiqui and his exwife due to intervention of a division bench of the high court and that with the help of this bench a similar arrangement could take place between the warring brothersChandrachud however said any talks between the brothers could begin only when Shamasuddin Siddiqui takes down his defamatory posts in which the award winning actor has been allegedly called a rapist and molesterAlso Read Mumbai Police issues traffic advisory for motorists check alternate routesThe court agreed and said for any settlement the posts in question will have to be deleted and both the brothers shall refrain from posting on social media any further remarks against each otheriquestIn view of settlement talks there will not be any social media posts against each other there will be no aspersions cast against each other in view of possibility of an amicable settlement It is to maintain equity between parties so that there are no further posts against each other Justice Chagla saidMeanwhile a division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Sharmila Deshmukh was on Wednesday informed that the discord between the Gangs of Wasseypur actor and his exwife Zainab over education of their two minor children has been resolvedThe court was told the children would be travelling back to Dubai to attend their schoolThe bench was hearing a petition filed by Nawazuddin Siddiqui seeking a direction to Zainab to reveal the whereabouts of the two childrenThe Sacred Games star had claimed Zainab had brought the children back to India without informing him and that they were not attending school in DubaiThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever