Ranaut appeared before the court Monday for the first time since summons was issued to her in February. Her lawyer said that the actor didn't want to proceed with this court.
Along with a plea seeking exemption, the Bollywood actor's lawyer submitted a medical certificate stating she had been travelling for film promotion & has developed Covid symptoms.
Akhtar had filed the criminal complaint against Ranaut in November 2020 for allegedly making defamatory and baseless comments against him in an interview with Arnab Goswami.
In February, Javed Akhtar had filed a complaint against Kangana Ranaut for allegedly making baseless, false statements against him which, according to him, damaged his reputation.
In his complaint, Akhtar alleged that Ranaut had made defamatory comments against him in an interview, by dragging his name while referring to a 'coterie' existing in Bollywood.
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