Bombay High Court refuses to hear Javed Akhtar against Kangana Ranaut in defamation case

Javed Akhtar had filed an intervention plea alleging that Kangana Ranaut deliberately failed to disclose facts in order to obtain a favourable order for her passport renewal. Bombay High Court refused Akhtar's plea.

In a set back to Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar, Bombay High Court on Monday (July 26) refused to hear his intervention application which alleged that actress Kangana Ranaut deliberately failed to disclose facts in order to obtain a favourable order for her passport renewal. While Bombay High Court couldn't hear Kangana Ranaut's plea in Javed Akhtar's defamation case, the court refused to hear the lyricist's intervention application. Advocate Vrinda Grover, appearing for Akhtar, submitted that the statement made by Ranaut that there were no criminal cases pending against her in any court was false and misleading. Ranaut "committed a fraud to get her passport," asserted Grover. To put his point across, Akhtar had filed an intervention plea.