Kangana Ranaut’s passport case received an update on Monday. The actress had applied for the renewal of her passport as she needs to travel to Hungary for the shooting of her film Dhaakad. A plea filed by Kangana’s lawyer which stated that her passport expires on September 15, and she needs to travel abroad from June 15 to August 30.
After she submitted the application for renewal, the passport authority reportedly raised an objection on the grounds of an FIR that has been filed against her over alleged hateful tweets. To those unaware, an FIR registered against her by the suburban Bandra police last year. Post this, she moved to the Bombay high court and sought an intervention.
Now, according to a report in PTI, “Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Anil Singh, who appeared for the RPO, told a bench of Justices SS Shinde and Revati Mohite-Dere that the application that Ranaut had submitted with the passport office in Mumbai, had factual inconsistencies”
The Bombay High Court observed, “The learned ASG on instructions submits that application does not mention the correct facts, inasmuch as, it is stated in the said application that criminal cases are pending against the petitioner (Ranaut), when in fact only FIRs are registered against the petitioner.”
“He (Singh) submits that in case the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner is ready to make a statement that no criminal case is pending against the petitioner and make appropriate corrections in the pending application before the Respondent Passport Authority, the said Authority is ready to consider the application for renewal of passport, in accordance with the Passport Act/rules/ procedure, expeditiously.”
The bench said, “In the light of the statement made by Mr Siddiquee, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, Mr Anil Singh, learned ASG, submits that the application filed by the petitioner for renewal of passport will be decided as expeditiously as possible, in accordance with relevant provisions of the Passport Act/rules/procedures.”
Kangana’s advocate Rizwan Siddiquee claimed that only an FIR had been registered against the actress and criminal proceedings in the said case were yet to begin. The actresses had stated in her plea that RPO had raised an objection to renew or reissue her passport because of the said FIR.
Coming back to the film, Dhaakad is being helmed by Razneesh Ghai and it also stars Sharib Hashmi, Arjun Rampal and Divya Dutta in the key roles
