Actor Richa Chadha who had taken a legal action against Payal Ghosh over disparaging statements made against her had demanded a public apology. Now on Thursday, Richa shared a copy of the court order to falsify claims made by Payal, who said she would not apologise to Richa for allegedly making derogatory statements against her.
Taking to Instagram, the actress shared the copy and wrote: “WE WON! Satyamev Jayate! Grateful to the Hon. Bombay High Court for justice ! The order is now in public record, freely available for all on the High Court website. Thank you for your support, next hearing (for settlement) is on the 12th as is mentioned in the order.” On the second sheet of the court order, underlined in red were the words – ‘withdrawing her statements’ and ‘an unconditional apology’.
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Earlier, the Bengali actor Payal Ghosh had revealed on Twitter that she would not apologize to anyone for anything she said. She wrote, “I am not apologizing to anyone. I have not wronged nor have I given a wrong statement about anyone. I just said what @anuragkashyap72 told me. #SorryNotSorry.” A few days back, the actor had made her way to the headlines as in an interview to a news channel she had accused filmmaker Anurag Kashyap of sexual misconduct. She had dragged names of three female actors – Richa, Huma Qureshi and Mahie Gill, in the same context.
Taking the matter further, Richa claimed that Payal had wrongly involved her into the case and pulled the latter to court on the same. She had released her lawyer’s statement which said: “Our Client Ms. Richa Chadha, condemns the act of her name being unnecessarily and falsely dragged in a derogatory manner into controversies and allegations being recently raised by third parties. Though our Client believes that genuinely wronged women should get justice at all costs, there are legislations that are intended to ensure that women have an equal standing in their workplace and to ensure that they have a cordial workplace in which their dignity and self-respect is protected.”
Several celebs have come forward in support of Richa, including Swara Bhasker and Huma Qureshi.