The
Bombay
High
Court
on
Tuesday
adjourned
to
June
25
the
hearing
on
an
application
filed
by
actor
Kangana
Ranaut
who
stated
that
the
Passport
Authority
had
refused
to
renew
her
passport
citing
an
FIR
registered
against
her
by
the
Mumbai
Police.
A
bench
of
Justices
PB
Varale
and
SP
Tavade
adjourned
the
hearing
after
noting
that
Ranaut
had
failed
to
implead
the
Passport
Authority
as
a
party
in
the
case.
The
bench
also
said
that
Ranaut's
application
was
"vague" and
did
not
place
all
relevant
facts
on
record.
In
her
interim
application
filed
through
advocate
Rizwan
Siddiquee,
Ranaut
said
the
Passport
Authority
had
refused
to
renew
her
passport
on
account
of
an
FIR
registered
against
her
and
her
sister
Rangoli
Chandel
by
the
Bandra
police
earlier
this
year
over
some
comments
they
had
allegedly
made
on
Twitter
in
October
last
year,
which
the
FIR
claimed
promoted
enmity
between
communities.
Advocate
Rizwan
Merchant,
who
appeared
in
the
HC
on
behalf
of
the
complainant
Munnawarali
Sayyed,
told
the
bench
that
Ranaut's
application
did
not
contain
any
order
of
the
Passport
Authority
that
was
under
challenge.
Siddiquee
responded
saying
that
the
Passport
Authority
had
raised
a
verbal
objection
to
Ranaut's
passport
renewal
application.
To
this,
the
high
court
bench
said
it
could
not
pass
any
orders
on
mere
oral
submissions
by
a
party.
The
high
court
also
noted
that
while
Ranaut
in
her
application
had
sought
relief
only
for
herself,
her
sister's
name
was
also
mentioned
as
an
applicant.
The
bench
accordingly
granted
advocate
Siddiquee
the
liberty
to
amend
the
application
and
to
implead
the
Passport
Authority
as
a
party
by
the
end
of
the
day.
The
bench
also
dismissed
Siddiquee's
request
for
an
earlier
date
of
hearing.
Siddiquee
said
Ranaut
needed
to
travel
out
of
India
for
the
shooting
of
her
film
whose
schedule
had
been
fixed
for
later
this
week.
The
HC,
however,
said
June
25
was
the
earliest
date
it
could
assign
for
the
hearing.
"It
is
just
a
film.
The
schedule
can
be
changed.
First
of
all,
the
application
is
vague.
If
she
(Ranaut)
was
so
vigilant,
she
could
have
approached
the
court
with
all
details
in
advance.
It
is
just
a
matter
of
one
week,
a
film
production
takes
over
a
year.
June
25
is
the
earliest
date
we
can
give,"
the
judges
said.
In
her
application
filed
on
Monday,
Ranaut
had
said
she
needed
to
travel
to
Budapest
this
month
for
the
shooting
of
her
upcoming
film
Dhakkad
and
thus,
needed
her
passport
renewed.