KANGANA MOVES HIGH COURT ON PASSPORT ISSUE

Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut has approached the Bombay High Court seeking direction to the Passport Authority of India to renew her passport. The court has refused to grant any relief to her saying the passport authority was not made party in the petition. The authorities refused to renew her passport due to a sedition case registered against her by Mumbai police. Her passport is expiring in September and according to her, she has to visit foreign country for shooting of a film commencing June 15.

A division bench of Justice P.B. Varale and Justice S.P. Tavade on Tuesday termed the application vague and said Ranaut was not vigilant enough to mention all details and that she also did not include the authorities as a party. The court allowed her to amend the application and posted the hearing in the matter on June 25.

The bench asked Ranaut’s lawyer Rizwan Siddiquee for the refusal order. Siddiquee told the bench that the objection raised was not in writing as she was verbally asked to get orders from the high court regarding the quashing of the FIR against her. He also said that authorities asked for direction from HC, as she has mentioned about the case in her passport renewal application.

The bench also sought to know why the interim application did not specifically mention it was only for the renewal of Ranaut’s passport and had nothing to do with her sister Rangoli Chandel. Chandel is also an applicant with Ranaut. Following this, the lawyer told the court that she was also an applicant in the petition because she was also an accused in the case and they have already filed a petition in the HC fir quashing of the FIR.