Bailable Warrant Issued Against Kangana Ranaut On Defamation Complaint Filed By Javed Akhtar

A bailable warrant has been issued against Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut after she failed to appear before Mumbai court in connection to the defamation complaint filed by Javed Akhtar against her.?

Summons were issued to Ranaut on Feb 1 by the Andheri metropolitan magistrate's court. Ranaut was directed to appear before the court on March 1.?

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Today, when she failed to appear before the court, a bailable warrant was issued against her.?Furthermore, magistrate RR Khan posted the matter for further hearing on March 26.

Her advocate Rizwan Siddiquee argued in the court that the summons and process were issued against Kangana without following the procedure laid down in law and hence, were "bad in law".

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Siddiquee said a petition would be filed in the Bombay High Court challenging the process issued by the magistrate. Javed Akhtar's advocate Vrinda Grover, however, argued that even if the process is being challenged, Kangana has to appear before the court as directed, in the absence of any stay on the summons by a higher court.

"It is the accused's right to appeal against the order, or even challenge the proceedings, that no one can deny and no one can stop, not even this court. However, she (Ranaut) has failed to comply with the order of this court and there is also no stay obtained from a higher court," the lawyer argued.

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