Twinkle Khanna sues realty firm for Rs 1.04 crore

Actress Twinkle Khanna has filed a case against a Noida-based real estate firm Supertech Limited in the Bombay High Court for the recovery of Rs 1.04 crore, which she claims is due to her under the Celebrity Engagement Contract.
Khanna was signed as an endorser two years ago for the developer's much talked about ORB project in Noida, three circular, 45-storey towers of luxury residences.

According to the plaintiff, filed by the actress through her lawyers, a copy of which is with ETPanache, Khanna had agreed to make herself available for not more than six days to render her services to the real estate firm, for which a payment of Rs 2.45 crore was to be made in eight instalments.

Things went as planned for the first five instalments. The plaintiff says that Khanna made herself available for three days and the real estate firm paid her a sum of Rs 1.64 crore.

However, "on 30th November, 2013, a sum of Rs 27,00,000/-( Rupees Twenty Seven Lakhs only) plus applicable service tax became due and payable by the Defendant to the Plaintiff. However the Defendant failed and neglected to pay the same to the Plaintiff and committed breach," says the complaint.

Khanna is currently out of India but when contacted, asked to speak to her lawyer. Her lawyer Bheru Choudhary of IC Legal refused to comment and Supertech Limited had not responded to the email query by ETPanache till the time of going to the press.