Javed Akhtar’s September 2021 interview has put him in a legal quandary.
In March this year, Javed Akhtar had also filed a petition in a Mumbai court challenging the summons issued against him in the defamation case.
Javed Akhtar was summoned by the Mulund court on Thursday, 20 April. However, the lyricists did not appear. His lawyer informed the court about this, after which the court issued fresh summons against Akhtar. Now he has been asked to appear on 20 June 2023.
Why is Mumbai court summoning Javed Akhtar?
This is in relation to a defamation case that was filed against Akhtar by Santosh Dubey, a Mumbai-based lawyer, after he drew a comparison between the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the terrorist organization Taliban. Reportedly, Dubey sent a defamation notice of Rs 100 crore to Akhtar for allegedly making “false and derogatory” remarks and damaging the “image and dignity of the RSS”. Apart from this, the lawyer had also sought a written apology from Akhtar.
What did Javed Akhtar say in the September 2021 interview?
As reported by DNA, in a September 2021 interview, Javed Akhtar made a controversial statement when he said that ‘the Taliban are barbaric, and their actions are reprehensible, but those who support the RSS, the VHP and the Bajrang Dal are all the same. as they are’.
When Javed Akhtar challenged the summons issued against him
In March this year, Javed Akhtar had also filed a petition in a Mumbai court challenging the summons issued against him in the defamation case. The lyricist claimed that the complainant i.e. Advocate Dubey had no authority and had not placed any authorization letter on record to show that he was empowered by the RSS to file the defamation complaint. However, Akhtar’s plea was dismissed by the court.
Javed Akhtar is a famous Bollywood Writer and lyricist best known for films like Lagaan, Om Shanti Om, Kal Ho Naa Ho and Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. He recently courted controversy over his comments about the 26/11 terror attacks. During an event in Lahore, when a journalist asked him to tell people in India that Pakistan is ‘a positive, friendly and loving country’, Akhtar reminded him about the 26/11 terror attacks.
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