New Delhi, May 7: Rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that he did not sing the “vulgar” 2006 track, ‘Vol. 1’, allegedly released by him and Badshah under their collaboration ‘Mafia Mundeer’.
“This is an opportunity for me to make sure that this stigma goes because this is not mine. This is position we have taken … I am here to assist the court to make sure this content goes off … I have gone public to say that this is not something I have sung,” Singh’s counsel told Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, who was hearing a petition by Hindu Shakti Dal seeking removal of the song from online platforms.
The senior lawyer informed the court that proceedings in relation to the track were also pending against him in a Nagpur court, where the rapper had taken a similar stand.
The counsel also disputed the petitioner’s claim that he sang a few verses of the song at an event at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in Delhi on March 1, 2025.
“No such event happened. I did not sing. If something like this has happened in a stadium where there are 50,000 plus people, there must be one video clip of this,” he stated.
Terming it a “serious” matter, the court asked Singh to file an affidavit stating his stand and listed the petition for hearing on May 19.
It also asked the petitioner to file an affidavit of service of notice to rapper Badshah in the case.
On April 2, the court had taken a strong exception to the “vulgar” and “derogatory” song allegedly released by Honey Singh and Badshah in 2006, saying the track was in complete disregard of even the minimum standards of civility and directed its removal from online platforms.
It noted that the song, allegedly released in 2006 by the rappers under their collaboration ‘Mafia Mundeer’, was uploaded by various users on social media and garnered millions of views, as it issued a notice to the two rappers.
The petitioner said that in 2006-2007, Honey Singh and Badshah did an “underground” release of the song with objectionable, vulgar lyrics that were provocative towards females.
The plea said that, being celebrities with an enormous fan following, Honey Singh and Badshah should take responsibility and issue a public apology for the song.
The petition sought directions for the removal of the song from YouTube and Spotify.(PTI)
