Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar today (5th December, 2020) recorded his statement through his lawyer before a metropolitan court in Mumbai in connection with the complaint of defamation filed by him against actor Kangana Ranaut.
As part of the process, the veteran poet-lyricist recorded his statement through his lawyer before the magistrate for verification of the complaint.
The court is slated to hear the matter on December 19, 2020. The complaint said that Kangana Ranaut had made baseless comments against Javed Akhtar, which caused damage to his reputation.
Javed Akhtar had last month filed a criminal complaint against Kangana Ranaut before the Andheri Metropolitan Magistrate, for allegedly making defamatory and baseless comments against him in television interviews. The complaint said that Kangana Ranaut had made baseless comments against Javed Akhtar, which caused damage to his reputation. She had also claimed that Javed Akhtar had threatened her to not speak about her alleged relationship with actor Hrithik Roshan, it said.
