Lyricist Javed Akhtar Slams Actor Kangana Ranaut's "Delay" Tactics In Court Submission
NDTV
Kangana Ranaut had last month filed the petition before the chief metropolitan magistrate seeking transfer of hearing into the complaint to another court, saying she had "lost faith" in the magistrate's court as it indirectly "threatened" her of issuing a warrant if she failed to appear before it.
Veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar submitted in a court in Mumbai today that actor Kangana Ranaut's petition seeking transfer of the criminal defamation case filed by him against her was "devoid of any merits" and aimed at delaying the proceedings.
Kangana Ranaut had last month filed the petition before the chief metropolitan magistrate seeking transfer of hearing into the complaint to another court, saying she had "lost faith" in the magistrate's court as it indirectly "threatened" her of issuing a warrant if she failed to appear before it in a bailable offence.
In his written reply, filed through lawyer Jay Bharadwaj, Javed Akhtar said "The present transfer petition is devoid of all merits and is liable to be dismissed at the very threshold."
"The same is only filed to delay the proceedings before the Andheri metropolitan magistrate's court (which is currently presiding over the case)," he said.
