Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar has moved to the Mumbai Sessions Court, challenging the Andheri Magistrate courtroom's order of issuing summons in opposition to him in reaction to a grievance filed with the aid of actor Kangana Ranaut. He turned into summoned in a complaint filed by way of Kangana which incorporates allegations of criminal intimidation (Section 506)and insulting the modesty of a lady (Section 509) beneath the IPC. His plea emphasises that subjecting him to trial in a time-barred count number would reason critical prejudice to his rights. Kangana Ranaut had filed a criticism towards Akhtar for alleged "extortion and crook intimidation". The court, while issuing summons, stated no case of extortion become made out towards the lyricist. Asking a person to offer a written apology will no longer come below the definition of "precious security" as defined beneath phase 30 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) due to the fact no legal proper is created, extended, transferred, constrained, extinguished or launched," it said.

"…the complainant (Ranaut) even though levelled charges for offences punishable underneath phase 383, 384 and 387 of IPC for committing extortion and placing individual in worry of dying or of grievous harm that allows you to commit extortion, it appears that, no case is made out towards the accused for the aforesaid offences…" the courtroom said.

"As a ways as different offences levelled towards the accused are worried, on the premise of averments inside the criticism, verification of the complainant and assertion of her (Kangana's) sister Rangoli Chandel," the court docket introduced. "I even have come to the belief that there are sufficient grounds to proceed in opposition to the accused for offence under IPC segment 506 (criminal intimidation) and 509 (gestures or acts supposed to insult the modesty of a lady)," it in addition added. 

In 2020, Javed Akhtar had filed a complaint towards Kangana Ranaut, claiming that she had made defamatory statements towards him in a television interview, which allegedly broken his reputation. In his complaint, he claimed that Kangana dragged his name at some point of an interview at the same time as referring to a 'coterie' present in Bollywood, following the alleged suicide with the aid of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.