Poet, lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar | Photo Credit:
Shiv Kumar Pushpakar
Akhtar had filed a criminal complaint against Ranaut for allegedly making defamatory and baseless comments against him in television interviews. A magistrate court in Mumbai on Saturday allowed the police time till February 1 to file a report of their enquiry into a defamation complaint filed by Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar against actor Kangana Ranaut.
The court had in December, 2020 directed the Juhu police to probe the matter and submit its report on January 16.
However, the police on Saturday sought time to file the report, which Metropolitan Magistrate Andheri, R.R. Khan allowed.