New Delhi: Singer Yo Yo Honey Singh on Thursday told Delhi High Court he did not sing the “vulgar” 2006 track, ‘Vol. 1’, allegedly released by him and Badshah under their collaboration Mafia Mundeer.His counsel said: “This is an opportunity for me to make sure that this stigma goes because this is not mine. This is the 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,” his counsel said before Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, who was hearing a petition by Hindu Shakti Dal seeking removal of the song from online platforms.The lawyer told 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 last year.“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,” the rapper’s counsel said.Terming it a “serious” matter, the court asked Singh to file an affidavit stating his stand and listed the matter for May 19.It also asked the petitioner to file an affidavit of service of notice to rapper Badshah. On April 2, the court had taken exception to the “vulgar” and “derogatory” song, allegedly released in 2006, saying the track was in complete disregard of the minimum standards of civility and directed its removal online.The petitioner said that in 2006-2007, Honey Singh and Badshah did an “underground” release of the song.The plea said that Honey Singh and Badshah should issue a public apology for the song.
