Thane court issues notice to Javed Akhtar on suit over RSS-Taliban remarks
Thane Sep 27 PTI A Thane court on Monday ordered issuance of a show-cause notice to noted Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar on a defamation suit filed against him over his alleged remarks seeking to compare the RSS with the TalibanThe suit filed by RSS activist Vivek Champanerkar in the court of the additional chief judicial magistrate and joint civil judge senior division seeks Re 1 as compensation from AkhtarThe court ordered issuance of the notice returnable on November 12The 76-year-old poet lyricist and screenwriter triggered a controversy early this month when he told a news channel that right wing all over the world has an uncanny similarityThe Taliban want an Islamic country These people want to make a Hindu Rashtra the former Member of Parliament said without naming the Nagpur-headquartered Hindutva organisationAdvocate Aditya Mishra who appeared for the complainant argued at length in the court and claimed the defendant Akhtar had made derogatory remarks against the RSS while appearing in a show of a private news channelHe said the defendants remarks drawing a parallel between barbaric Taliban and organisations working for the Hindu cause were aimed at vilifying such outfitsIn the petition Champanerkar said the statements made by the defendant were aimed at belittling the RSSs image in the eyes of common publicThe defendant uttered unfounded false and baseless allegations against the organisation of plaintiff in the said show Mishra saidThe plaintiff states he has been hurt by defendants defamatory statement to tarnish the image of plaintiffs organization and hence he is in loss of rupee one for which the defendant is liable to compensate him according to the suit PTI COR RSY RSY
Thane Sep 27 PTI A Thane court on Monday ordered issuance of a show-cause notice to noted Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar on a defamation suit filed against him over his alleged remarks seeking to compare the RSS with the TalibanThe suit filed by RSS activist Vivek Champanerkar in the court of the additional chief judicial magistrate and joint civil judge senior division seeks Re 1 as compensation from AkhtarThe court ordered issuance of the notice returnable on November 12The 76-year-old poet lyricist and screenwriter triggered a controversy early this month when he told a news channel that right wing all over the world has an uncanny similarityThe Taliban want an Islamic country These people want to make a Hindu Rashtra the former Member of Parliament said without naming the Nagpur-headquartered Hindutva organisationAdvocate Aditya Mishra who appeared for the complainant argued at length in the court and claimed the defendant Akhtar had made derogatory remarks against the RSS while appearing in a show of a private news channelHe said the defendants remarks drawing a parallel between barbaric Taliban and organisations working for the Hindu cause were aimed at vilifying such outfitsIn the petition Champanerkar said the statements made by the defendant were aimed at belittling the RSSs image in the eyes of common publicThe defendant uttered unfounded false and baseless allegations against the organisation of plaintiff in the said show Mishra saidThe plaintiff states he has been hurt by defendants defamatory statement to tarnish the image of plaintiffs organization and hence he is in loss of rupee one for which the defendant is liable to compensate him according to the suit PTI COR RSY RSY
