With disposal of this application, all pre-trial applications have been cleared and Metropolitan Magistrate RM Shaikh will proceed with the trial on the complaint from April 19, 2023
A metropolitan magistrate at Mulund had issued summons against the lyricist based on a complaint of lawyer Santosh Dubey in October 2021 against the comments made by Akhtar during an interview.
Mumbai sessions court has reserved its order on Kangana Ranaut’s plea seeking transfer of the defamation case filed by Javed Akhtar. The court will deliver the order on March 9.