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Bombay HC refuses urgent hearing of Kangana Ranaut’s plea on passport renewal

ByK A Y Dodhiya
Jun 15, 2021 02:42 PM IST

Calling the application vague, the court said Ranaut was not vigilant enough to mention all details and that she also did not include the authorities as a party. The court allowed her to amend the application and posted the hearing in the matter on June 25

The Bombay high court on Tuesday refused an urgent hearing of actor Kangana Ranaut’s plea seeking directions to the authorities to renew her passport, which expires in September, as she has to travel to Hungary for the shooting of a film. The renewal has apparently been denied over a pending case against her. Calling the application vague, the court said Ranaut was not vigilant enough to mention all details and that she also did not include the authorities as a party. The court allowed her to amend the application and posted the hearing in the matter on June 25.

Kangana Ranaut. (File photo)
Kangana Ranaut. (File photo)

A bench of justices Prasanna Varale and justice Surendra Tavade asked Ranaut’s lawyer Rizwan Siddiquee for the refusal order. Siddiquee told the bench that the objection raised was not in writing as she was verbally asked to get orders from the high court regarding the quashing of the First Information Report (FIR) against her.

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The FIR was registered against Ranaut and her sister, Rangoli Chandel, in October 2020 on a magistrate’s order for allegedly creating communal disharmony through their statements and tweets.

Siddiquee submitted that in her passport renewal application, Ranaut mentioned the case and hence the authorities directed her to get directions from the high court.

The bench sought to know why the interim application did not specifically mention it was only for the renewal of Ranaut’s passport and had nothing to do with Chandel. When Siddiquee sought an earlier date of hearing, the bench observed it was only a film shoot and her schedule could be adjusted.

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