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Punjab and Haryana HC dismisses Kangana Ranaut's plea seeking quashing of defamation case
Punjab Times (English Edition)
|August 02, 2025
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a petition filed by actor-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut for quashing a defamation complaint against her by a Bathinda-based elderly protester.
Ranaut had sought quashing of the criminal complaint filed under Sections 499 and 500 IPC, as well as the summoning order and all subsequent proceedings in the matter. The case arose from Ranaut’s tweet—later retweeted with her own comments—during the farmers’ protests against the now-repealed farm laws. In her retweet, Ranaut had commented: “Ha ha ha she is the same dadi who featured in Time magazine for being the most powerful Indian.... And she
This story is from the August 02, 2025 edition of Punjab Times (English Edition).
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