A
sessions
court
here
on
Wednesday
rejected
Bollywood
actor
Kangana
Ranaut's
application
seeking
transfer
of
the
defamation
case
filed
against
her
by
lyricist
Javed
Akhtar
from
the
magistrate's
court
in
suburban
Andheri.
The
court
also
refused
to
transfer
her
counter-
complaint
against
Akhtar,
filed
before
the
Andheri
court,
elsewhere.
The
detailed
order
passed
by
second
additional
principal
and
sessions
judge
(Dindoshi)
S
S
Oza
was
not
available
immediately.
Ranaut'
had
claimed
in
her
application
that
the
10th
Metropolitan
Magistrate's
Court
(Andheri)
showed
“bias
and
prejudice
towards
her”
by
not
granting
her
permanent
exemption
from
appearance,
and
threatened
to
issue
an
arrest
warrant
against
her
for
a
“bailable
and
non-cognizable
offense."
In
October
2021,
the
chief
metropolitan
magistrate
(CMM)
had
rejected
a
similar
plea,
following
which
she
moved
the
sessions
court.
Akhtar
(76)
filed
the
complaint
before
the
Andheri
magistrate
in
November
2020,
alleging
that
Ranaut
made
defamatory
statements
against
him
in
a
television
interview
which
damaged
his
reputation.
Ranaut
dragged
his
name
for
no
reason
while
talking
about
the
existence
of
a
"coterie" in
Bollywood
against
the
backdrop
of
the
alleged
suicide
of
actor
Sushant
Singh
Rajput
in
June
2020,
Akhtar
said
in
the
criminal
defamation
complaint.
Ranaut,
on
her
part,
filed
a
counter-complaint
in
the
Andheri
court
against
Akhtar,
alleging
"extortion
and
criminal
intimidation."
Following
her
public
spat
with
a
co-star,
Akhtar
called
her
and
her
sister
Rangoli
Chandel
to
his
house
and
"criminally
intimidated
and
threatened"
her,
Ranaut
alleged.
Akhtar
has
denied
the
accusation.