Kangana Ranaut’s cases shifted to Bandra court

Mumbai: As actor Kangana Ranaut is now an MP, the cases in which she is a party have been transferred from the Andheri magistrate's court to the one in Bandra, which handles cases related to such individuals. Ranaut who contested on a BJP ticket was elected from Mandi Lok Sabha constituency in Himachal Pradesh.In Sept 2021, Ranaut accused veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar of extortion and criminal intimidation, among other charges. She claimed that in a public dispute with her co-star, Hrithik Roshan, Akhtar called her sister and her to his house in Juhu, threatened her, and forced her to tender a written apology.In Nov 2020, Javed Akhtar had filed a defamation case against the actor, alleging that Ranaut had given an interview to a news channel, damaging his "immaculate reputation by falsely attributing statements to him". Akhtar's complaint alleged defamatory statements were made by her to a news channel in the aftermath of actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death in 2020.Juhu police had earlier submitted a report that offences relating to defamation were made out against Ranaut. Following this, on February 1, 2021, the court issued a process against her.
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