The Bombay High Court has adjourned the defamation case filed by lyricist Javed Akhtar against actor Kangana Ranaut till September 14.
Kangana had filed an appeal last month in which she challenged the defamation proceedings initiated earlier this year, saying the magistrate court had failed to apply its mind to the case.
Ranaut had said the court did not independently examine the complainant or the witnesses named in the complaint against her.
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Javed Akhtar had filed a criminal complaint against Kangana in November last year before the Andheri metropolitan magistrate alleging that she made defamatory and baseless comments against him in a TV interview.
In December 2020, the court directed the Juhu police to conduct an inquiry into the veteran lyricist’s complaint against Kangana.
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After the police told the court that it was a defamation case, the court initiated criminal proceedings against Kangana and issued summons to her in February.
Javed Akhtar, in his statement to the Bombay High Court, said that he met Kangana and her sister Rangoli in 2016. He added that he advised Kangana to settle issues with Hrithik Roshan as the controversy was maligning both their careers.