Kangana Ranaut moves SC seeking transfer of 3 criminal cases against her from Mumbai to Shimla

 "Petitioners face a threat unto life if the trials proceed in Mumbai, because of personal vendetta of Shiv Sena leaders against the petitioner", the plea reportedly claims. The petition has been filed through advocate Neeraj Shekhar.

Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut and her sister Rangoli Chandel, who are facing prosecution in three criminal cases in Mumbai for her critical remarks on social media, has moved the Supreme Court seeking transfer of these cases to Himachal Pradesh, reported Bar and Bench.

"Petitioners face a threat unto life if the trials proceed in Mumbai, because of personal vendetta of Shiv Sena leaders against the petitioner", the plea reportedly claims. The petition has been filed through advocate Neeraj Shekhar.

This comes after a Mumbai court issued a bailable warrant against Ranaut after she failed to appear before it in connection with a defamation complaint filed against her by lyricist Javed Akhtar.

Akhtar had filed the complaint against Ranaut for allegedly making baseless and false statements against him which, according to him, damaged his reputation.

In his complaint filed in November last year, the lyricist had stated that Kangana had made comments in an interview to Republic TV on 20 July, 2020 wherein she had called him part of a certain “gang” in context of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput death case. Akhtar had further stated about the social media trolling he faced as a result of her allegations.

Besides that, the actress sought transfer of a sedition case against her and sister Rangoli Chandel for allegedly promoting enmity between different communities in October last year.

Advocate and complainant Ali Kaashif Khan Deshmukh said that he requested the court to issue summons to the accused directly as the police had failed to file the inquiry report despite the court’s last chance.

Another case filed against the siblings is for allegedly promoting enmity between communities through their remarks.

A complaint filed by Munawwar Ali Sayyed, a Bollywood casting director and fitness trainer referred to Ranaut's and her sister's tweets and other statements for defaming Bollywood by calling it a "hub of nepotism", "favouritism", etc.