Actor Payal Ghosh on Wednesday tendered ‘unconditional apology’ to actor Richa Chadha before the Bombay High Court and settled the defamation suit filed against her by the latter. A bench of Justice AK Menon recorded that both the actors have reached a settlement in the case.

On Monday, the Bombay High Court told the concerned parties to file a consent term on October 14 for settling the dispute between them with regard to the defamation suit and said that no extra time would be given. 

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Last week, Chadha filed the suit against Ghosh for making a “false, baseless, indecent and derogatory” statement against her and sought monetary compensation in damages.

Ghosh, while levelling allegations of rape against filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, had also dragged Chadha and two other female actors into the controversy.

On September 23, Ghosh lodged an FIR at Versova police station in Mumbai, accusing Kashyap of raping her in 2013.

During his questioning by police on October 1, Kashyap denied the allegations and provided documentary evidence to show that he was shooting in Sri Lanka at the time when the alleged incident was said to have taken place.