Besides seeking damages worth Rs 10,000 crore (Rs 100 billion), Anil Ambani has demanded an apology from elder brother Mukesh and others named by him in a defamation suit filed in the Bombay high court.

In the 19-page suit, annexure to which ran into an about 180 pages, Anil has named, besides his brother, chairman and publisher of the New York Times and nine other defendants - mostly Indian newspaper editors and publishers.

The suit is based on a New York Times article on June 15 that also included an interview of Mukesh Ambani.

Describing the article and the remarks attributed to his brother Mukesh as "malicious," Anil has alleged that defendants were "part of a concerted conspiracy whose object is to damage" his reputation.

Anil, who filed the suit in his individual capacity on August 22, said that the publication of the article as also the statement of Mukesh quoted in it were clearly malicious and made with "intent to cause damage."

Tentatively assessing the amount of damages at Rs 10,000 crore, the petition sought a decree for the same amount against the defendants and/or severally together.