Kangana Ranaut
It has been Kangana Ranaut vs. Javed Akhtar for quite a time. The Bombay High Court has rejected a plea by actor Kangana Ranaut seeking a stay on the criminal defamation case filed against her by lyricist Javed Akhtar in 2020 and further for the case to be clubbed with the cross-complaint she subsequently filed against him.
Javed Akhtar had lodged a defamation complaint in November 2020, alleging that Kangana Ranaut had made defamatory statements about him during an interview with Republic TV. Ranaut challenged the summons in the session court and subsequently moved to challenge all the proceedings before the high court. Both were dismissed.
With representation from advocate Jay Bhardwaj, Javed Akhtar alleged that Kangana Ranaut’s actions were an effort to prolong court proceedings. He contended that the central event for his defamation case was Ranaut’s 2020 interview with Republic TV, while Kangana’s case was linked to an incident in March 2016.
On November 3, Javed Akhtar filed a complaint before the Magistrate alleging that Ranaut defamed and damaged his “immaculate reputation” by dragging his name into actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death in her interview with Republic TV Anchor Arnab Goswami, on July 19, 2020.
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