Javed Akhtar Defamation Case: Mumbai Court Issued Bailable Warrant Against Ranaut

Bailable Warrant Kangana Ranaut: Mumbai court issued a bailable warrant against Kangana Ranaut after the actor failed to appear before the court in the Javed Akhtar defamation case.

Earlier a case was filed under Sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code and Ranaut was asked to be available on Friday (January 22) before Juhu Police officers for investigation. The Court had asked the Juhu Police to investigate the case and submit their report before it.

Mumbai Court issued bailable warrant against Kangana Ranaut in defamation complaint filed by lyricist Javed Akhtar.@Javedakhtarjadu @KanganaTeam pic.twitter.com/Rg7kAyBfEP

— Bar & Bench (@barandbench) March 1, 2021

On November 3, 2020, Javed Akhtar filed a case against Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut for making defamatory remarks against him. Akhtar alleged that the Queen actor had disparaged him on television and social media, and made false accusations regarding his relation to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

Akhtar alleged that Ranaut’s interview with the media  “tarnished his image socially.” In the interview, Ranaut reported about her conversation with Akhtar at his residence, where a doctor was present as well. Akhtar and Kangana have different things to say about the accident.

During the court hearing on December 19, Akhtar’s lawyer Niranjan Mundargi told Metropolitan Magistrate RR Khan that in a July interview with Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, while talking about the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, Ranaut inappropriately dragged the name of the lyricist. The solicitor continued that Akhtar was wrongly accused by Ranaut of being part of a “suicide gang” from Bollywood that could “get away with anything.” He said that because of Ranaut’s remarks, Akhtar had been receiving hateful messages.

Ranaut is also facing a case of sedition for reportedly attempting to build hate and societal friction through social media. On October 17, a court in Mumbai asked the police to lodge an initial written complaint against Ranaut and her niece, her sister Rangoli Chandel, following a complaint by casting director Munnawarali Sayyed.