Chandigarh HC Issues Notice To Aamir Khan Over 'Intolerance' Remark
The Chhattisgarh High Court on Monday issued a notice to Bollywood actor Aamir Khan over his alleged remark about rising intolerance in the country, made back in 2015
The
Chhattisgarh
High
Court
on
Monday
issued
a
notice
to
Bollywood
actor
Aamir
Khan
over
his
alleged
remark
about
rising
intolerance
in
the
country,
which
was
made
back
in
2015.
The
High
court
has
also
issued
a
notice
to
the
Chhattisgarh
government
in
this
regard
on
a
petition
filed
by
Dipak
Diwan.
According
to
the
complaint,
Aamir
Khan
claimed
that
intolerance
was
growing
and
his
wife
Kiran
Rao
even
suggested
the
two
should
move
out
of
India.
According
to
reports
Dipak
Diwan's
lawyer
Amiyakant
Tiwari
said
a
complaint
was
filed
before
a
Magistrate
at
Raipur
against
the
actor's
alleged
statement,
however,
it
was
rejected
twice
before
Diwan
approached
the
High
Court.
"It
appears
from
the
record
that
the
Magistrate
without
recording
any
finding
as
to
whether
the
case
for
taking
cognizance
is
made
out
or
not
straightway
rejected
the
complaint
about
the
want
of
sanction
under
Section
196(1)(a)
of
the
CrPC.
In
view
of
that,
the
petition
deserves
to
be
admitted," the
high
court
said.
Justice
Sanjay
K
Agrawal
has
issued
notices
to
Khan
and
the
state
government
and
posted
the
matter
for
next
hearing
on
April
17.
Aamir
Khan
had
talked
about
Kiran
wishing
to
move
out
of
the
country
during
the
Ramnath
Goenka
(RNG)
Excellence
Awards
in
2015.
He
had
said
Kiran
seems
the
way
she
does
because
'she
fears
for
her
child
and
the
atmosphere
around
her.
She
is
also
scared
to
look
at
the
newspapers.
We
have
lived
in
India
all
our
lives
and
her
suggesting
it
also
shows
a
growing
alarm
and
despondency.'
Take
a
look
at
the
video,
Diwan
sought
registration
of
a
complaint
under
IPC
sections
153
(A)
(promoting
enmity
between
different
groups
on
grounds
of
religion,
etc)
and
153
(B)
(imputations,
assertions
prejudicial
to
national
integration).
But
the
application
was
rejected
on
the
ground
that
no
sanction
under
section
196(1)(a)
of
the
Code
of
Criminal
Procedure
(CrPC)
was
obtained
according
to
the
lawyer.
On
the
work
front,
Aamir
Khan
will
be
seen
next
in,
Laal
Singh
Chaddha
alongside
Kareena
Kapoor.
The
film
is
a
Hindi
remake
of
Tom
Hanks's
classic
film,
Forrest
Gump.