Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone have recently gotten relief from the Rajasthan High Court in a defective car case. The court has put a stay on the FIR filed against them in Bharatpur.
For the unversed, a local car owner had filed a complaint against the Chennai Express stars for allegedly selling him a defective vehicle through Hyundai Motors.
SRK-Deepika get relief
Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone were the brand ambassadors of Hyundai. Hence, their names were mentioned in the FIR along with six company officials. After the FIR, the actors approached the Rajasthan High Court seeking the quashing of the complaint. Their legal teams argued that their roles as brand ambassadors were limited to product promotions and they had no involvement in technical operations.
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal represented Shah Rukh Khan, while advocate Madhav Mitra represented Deepika Padukone. They claimed that SRK and Deepika have no direct connection with the quality of the Hyundai cars.
During the hearing in Jodhpur, Justice Sudesh Bansal observed that the FIR lacked a factual basis. Hence, the court ordered a stay on the FIR and provided interim relief to Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone and other company officials. The next hearing has been scheduled for September 25.
Talking about Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone, the actors are all set to share screen space once again in the film, King. SRK’s daughter Suhana Khan will be making her big screen debut with the Siddharth Anand directorial venture, which also stars Rani Mukerji, Abhay Verma, Abhishek Bachchan, Jaideep Ahlawat, Raghav Juyal and others in key roles.
SRK and Deepika have earlier worked in films such as Om Shanti Om, Chennai Express, Happy New Year, Jawan and Pathaan. !