Controversies

• In 2011, the ITC Limited filed two cases against him in the Bangalore City Civil Court and in the Calcutta High Court by alleging that he defaming the company's chairman, YC Deveshawar through his tweets and newspaper articles since the company terminated its contract with his firm, Equus Red Cell in 2007. Suhel then responded through a tweet that his account was hacked constantly.

• In 2014, he was forced to apologise when he was failed to recognise the former captain of India's national field hockey team, Viren Rasquinha, during a panel discussion on sports conducted as part of the Times Literature Festival in Mumbai.

• During the #MeToo India Movement, Suhel Seth had been accused of sexual harassment by model Diandra Soares, journalist Mandakini Gahlot, writer Ira Trivedi, writer Ishita Yadav, and filmmaker Natasha Rathore.

• In October 2018, after #MeToo allegations, the Tata Group, Coca-Cola Company, and Adani Group terminated his contract as brand consultant.