<p>Mumbai: A Mumbai court on Thursday issued a non-bailable warrant against Maharashtra minister Nitesh Rane in connection with a defamation complaint lodged against him in 2023 by Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut.</p>.<p>The court had last month issued a bailable warrant against Rane for failing to appear for hearings in the case.</p>.<p>During the hearing on June 2, the BJP leader had filed an application seeking permanent exemption from appearance.</p>.Father Narayan Rane cautions minister-son Nitesh over 'baap' remarks.<p>However, on Thursday, Judicial Magistrate First Class (Mazgaon court) A A Kulkarni denied him permanent exemption and issued a non-bailable warrant.</p>.<p>The matter has been adjourned to July 18 for a report on the NBW.</p>.<p>Earlier too, the court had issued multiple warrants against Rane, who is BJP MLA from the state's Konkan region, for failing to appear in the hearing of the case.</p>.<p>In May 2023, Nitesh Rane, son of former Union minister Narayan Rane, had allegedly called Raut a "snake" who would ditch Uddhav Thackeray and join the (undivided) NCP by June that year.</p>.<p>Raut, a Rajya Sabha member, filed a complaint before the magistrate's court seeking action against Nitesh Rane for the alleged "defamatory and blatantly false" remarks.</p>
<p>Mumbai: A Mumbai court on Thursday issued a non-bailable warrant against Maharashtra minister Nitesh Rane in connection with a defamation complaint lodged against him in 2023 by Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut.</p>.<p>The court had last month issued a bailable warrant against Rane for failing to appear for hearings in the case.</p>.<p>During the hearing on June 2, the BJP leader had filed an application seeking permanent exemption from appearance.</p>.Father Narayan Rane cautions minister-son Nitesh over 'baap' remarks.<p>However, on Thursday, Judicial Magistrate First Class (Mazgaon court) A A Kulkarni denied him permanent exemption and issued a non-bailable warrant.</p>.<p>The matter has been adjourned to July 18 for a report on the NBW.</p>.<p>Earlier too, the court had issued multiple warrants against Rane, who is BJP MLA from the state's Konkan region, for failing to appear in the hearing of the case.</p>.<p>In May 2023, Nitesh Rane, son of former Union minister Narayan Rane, had allegedly called Raut a "snake" who would ditch Uddhav Thackeray and join the (undivided) NCP by June that year.</p>.<p>Raut, a Rajya Sabha member, filed a complaint before the magistrate's court seeking action against Nitesh Rane for the alleged "defamatory and blatantly false" remarks.</p>