Kangana Ranaut Says She Is Unwell, Gets Exemption From Court Appearance In Javed Akhtar Defamation Case
Kangana Ranaut was granted an exemption from appearance by the 10th Metropolitan Magistrate court in Mumbai on Tuesday (January 4) in the complaint filed against her by Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar.
Kangana
Ranaut
was
granted
an
exemption
from
appearance
by
the
10th
Metropolitan
Magistrate
court
in
Mumbai
on
Tuesday
(January
4)
in
the
complaint
filed
against
her
by
Bollywood
lyricist
Javed
Akhtar.
The
actress
was
set
to
appear
for
the
hearing
to
record
her
statement,
however,
Advocate
Rizwan
Siddiquee
argued
that
her
plea
could
be
recorded
by
the
lawyer.
Advocate
Rizwan
on
Tuesday,
sought
exemption
for
Kangana
from
her
appearance
while
stating
that
she
was
travelling
and
she
was
also
under
the
weather.
While
the
actress
was
exempt
for
the
day,
the
court
has
stated
that
according
to
the
procedure,
the
actress
will
have
to
appear
in
person
to
record
her
statement.
Earlier,
Ranaut
had
claimed
that
the
Magistrate
has
been
harassing
her
and
had
approached
the
Chief
Metropolitan
Magistrate
court
asking
the
case
to
be
transferred
to
another
court.
After
her
second
plea
to
Dindoshi
court
was
also
rejected,
Siddiquee
on
Tuesday
told
the
court
that
the
actress
will
be
approaching
the
Bombay
High
Court.
Meanwhile,
Akhtar's
lawyer
Jay
Bharadwaj,
opposed
the
exemption
saying
Kangana
knew
well
in
advance
that
she
had
to
appear
in
court
on
January
4,
and
that
the
entire
trial
is
getting
delayed
due
to
Ranaut's
non-appearance.
According
to
reports,
Akhtar
himself
was
present
before
the
court.
After
the
Magistrate
allowed
Ranaut
an
exemption
from
appearance
for
the
day,
Siddiquee
reminded
the
court
that
Ranaut
had
filed
another
application
seeking
permanent
exemption
from
appearance
in
the
case.
The
court
has
decided
that
the
application
will
be
looked
into
on
further
hearing
on
February
1,
along
with
Akthar's
application
for
issuance
of
a
Non-Bailable
Warrant
against
Ranaut.