Mumbai: Citing his various work commitments across the country, the actor Kangana Ranaut has sought permanent exemption from appearance before the court in the defamation case filed against him by the veteran Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar. His plea states that he will have to travel miles from different workplaces to Mumbai to attend trial dates on a regular basis, which will cause undue hardship and huge financial loss to both him and the production house. “The applicant declares that his non-appearance will not come in the way of the proceedings of the trial, and will appear through his counsel. The applicant also confirms that he has no objection if evidence is recorded in his absence.” is ..,” petition presented by the Advocate Rizwan Siddiqui said. The matter will come up for hearing on July 27.
Presented through advocate Niranjan Mundargi in November, Akhtar’s plea said that he was shocked when he learned that on July 19, Ranaut had given an interview to the television anchor, thereby attributing his “defamations by wrongdoing”. Immaculate reputation” was damaged.
The petition further states that during the interview, which lasted for about 57 minutes, Ranaut proceeded to give his opinion on the circumstances surrounding Rajput’s death, without obtaining any direct personal information about them. The petition further states that in the same interview he described Akhtar as part of an alleged “suicide gang”.
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