Javed Akhtar Moves Bombay High Court Against Kangana Ranaut Over 'Misleading Statement' By Her
Lyricist Javed Akhtar, who had earlier filed a criminal defamation complaint against Kangana Ranaut over her remarks about her in a TV interview, has now filed an intervention application in the Bombay High Court after the actress got her passport renewed.?
Akhtar in his application has claimed that Ranaut failed to disclose certain facts in her petition before the court seeking speedy renewal of her passport.
Last month, Ranaut also filed an interim application, seeking that the regional passport authority be directed to renew her passport to enable her to travel to Budapest, Hungary for a film shoot.?
The authority had delayed the process citing pending criminal cases against her.
On June 28, during a hearing on this application, Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh, appearing for the passport authority, told the HC that Ranaut's plea was vague and did not clarify which criminal proceedings were pending against her.
Her lawyer Rizwan Siddiquee told a bench led by Justice S S Shinde that there were only two FIRs registered against the actor but criminal proceedings in these FIRs had not started yet.?
The first FIRs was registered in October last year by the Bandra police for "promoting religious enmity'' through her tweets, he said.?
The second FIR, registered in March this year, was based on the complaint of the author of the book Didda: Warrior Queen of Kashmir who alleged that Ranaut announced a film on the book's subject without his permission, the lawyer said.
As per Akhtar, Kangana has not disclosed about his criminal defamation complaint against her.
"In spite of knowledge of the criminal case (Akhtar's complaint) pending before the magistrate's court, Andheri, the petitioner no 1 (Ranaut) deliberately failed to disclose the same...with an intention to mislead and obtain a favourable order," Akhtar said in his application.?
The HC is yet to decide on Akhtar's intervention plea. ?
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