: Defamation case: Kangana Ranaut files counter complaint accusing Javed Akhtar of intimidation #IndiaNEWS Actor Kangana Ranaut on Monday filed a counter complaint in response to a defamation case brought

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Defamation case: Kangana Ranaut files counter complaint accusing Javed Akhtar of intimidation #IndiaNEWS
Actor Kangana Ranaut on Monday filed a counter complaint in response to a defamation case brought against her by lyricist Javed Akhtar, Bar and Bench reported. The actor accused Akhtar of extortion and criminal intimidation.Ranaut also filed a plea asking for the case to be transferred to another court because she had lost faith in the magistrate hearing the matter. The actor submitted that she had lost faith in Andheri Metropolitan Magistrate RR Khan who was hearing the matter.In November, Akhtar had filed the defamation case against Ranaut for the remarks she made about him during a TV interview while discussing actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death. Ranaut had reportedly told Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami that Akhtar was part of a “suicide gang� and that “he can get away with pretty much anything in Mumbai�.During the last hearing on September 14, the magistrate court had said it would issue a warrant against Ranaut if she does not appear in person for Monday’s proceedings.On Monday, Ranaut appeared for the hearing but the proceedings could not be held as she filed the transfer petition. This was the first time she appeared for a hearing in the case since she was summoned by the court in February, according to PTI.Advocate Rizwan Siddique submitted that Ranaut had lost...Read more

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