Actress
Kangana Ranaut and
sister Rangoli Chandel, currently part of three criminal prosecution cases because of critical remarks made on social media, recently moved to the
Supreme Court in request to transfer the cases to the
Courts of Himachal Pradesh.
Advocate Neeraj Shekhar, representing petitioners, submitted that “Petitioners face a threat unto life if the trials proceed in Mumbai, because of personal vendetta of Shiv Sena leaders against the Petitioner”
The Three cases being requested to transfer being :
- Criminal complaint alleging Kangana caused disharmony between Hindus and Muslims by her tweets
The complaint was filed by Advocate Ali Kashif Khan Deshmukh before the Andheri Magistrate Court for causing disharmony and mocking the judiciary. Complainant referred to various tweets by the actor on different subjects such as, her calling the state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh 'Talibani', and so on.
The complaint being filed under
Section 121,
124A,
153A ,
153B ,
295A,
298 , and
505 of the
Indian Penal Code.
- Defamation case filed by Javed Akhtar
This Criminal defamation complaint alleged tht Kangana made defamatory remarks on Republic TV against lyricist Javed Akhtar. It was filed in November 2020 under section 499 and 500 of the IPC. Complainant claimed that Kangana has damaged his reputation.
The case was adjourned till March 1 2021.
- Sedition case filed by casting director Munawar Ali Sayyed
The complainant claimed that both the sisters tweeted with the intention of bringing hate and disaffection to the government of Maharashtra. The said tweets were alleged to be communal, creating hate and fear of communal tensions between Hindus and Muslims. The FIR was filed under Sections 153 A, 295 A, 124 A r/w 34 of IPC.
Magistrate’s Order Directing FIR Against Kangana Ranaut for Tweets on Farmers Protest Quashed by Karnataka High Court
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Mar 30, 2021
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An order which was passed by a Magistrate in the State directing the police to register an FIR against Kangana Ranaut over controversial tweets on Farmers Protest was quashed by the Karnataka High Court on Thursday (March 25, 2021).The order was set aside by the Single Judge Bench of Justice HP Sandesh. He said that the Magistrate acted mechanically without properly examining if any offences were made out. Now the matter is remitted back to the Magistrate in order to consider it...
Karnataka HC issues Notice on Kangana Ranaut’s Plea to Quash FIR Over Tweets on Farmer Protests
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Mar 22, 2021
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A petition had been filed by Kangana Ranaut which sought quashing of an FIR registered over her tweets that compared farmers protesting against the farm laws to terrorists. On Friday (March 19, 2021), Karnataka High Court issued a notice on the same. While the case was being heard, Advocate Ramesh Naik L being the respondent in the petition appeared before the HC through video conference. He submitted neither being served the petition and nor the Interlocutory Appeal. He thereby requested...
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