Mumbai court may issue warrant against Kangana Ranaut in Javed Akhtar defamation case
FirstpostMumbai court said it will issue a warrant against Kangana Ranaut if she fails to appear on the next hearing date of 20 September A Mumbai court on Tuesday allowed actor Kangana Ranaut’s plea seeking exemption from personal appearance for the day in a criminal defamation complaint filed by lyricist Javed Akhtar and said it will issue a warrant against her if she fails to appear on the next date of hearing on 20 September. Last Thursday, the Bombay High Court dismissed a plea filed by Ranaut seeking the quashing of proceedings initiated against her by the local court on the criminal defamation complaint filed by Akhtar. Akhtar filed a complaint in the magistrate’s court in November last year, claiming that Ranaut had made defamatory statements against him in a television interview, which allegedly damaged his reputation. In his complaint, Akhtar claimed that Ranaut dragged his name during an interview while referring to a “coterie” existing in Bollywood, following the alleged suicide committed by actor Sushant Singh Rajput in June last year.