The Bombay High Court on Thursday dismissed the plea filed by actor Kangana Ranaut seeking quashing of criminal defamation proceedings initiated against her by a Mumbai court based on a complaint filed by writer and lyricist Javed Akhtar.
“The applicant’s (Kangana Ranaut) petition stands dismissed,” said Justice Revati Mohite-Dere in her order.
In November 2020, Akhtar had lodged a case of criminal defamation in a magistrate’s court in Andheri. In his complaint, Akhtar referred to an interview that Kangana gave to a TV channel in the backdrop of the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, which he claimed, harmed his reputation.
Ranaut’s counsel Rizwan Siddiquee, had challenged the defamation proceedings on the grounds that the court had failed to apply its mind to the case.
Akhtar's counsel Jay Bharadwaj had contended before the court that the magistrate had directed for the police inquiry after going through the complaint.
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