HC allows Kangana to include Raut in plea against BMC

Mumbai, September 22

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday permitted actor Kangana Ranaut to add Shiv Sena’s chief spokesperson Sanjay Raut as a party in her plea against the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation over the demolition of a part of her bungalow in Mumbai.

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A Bench of Justices SJ Kathawalla and RI Chagla also allowed Ranaut to add Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) H-ward’s designated officer Bhagyavant Late as a party to let him respond to any personal allegations that the actress makes against him.

Ranaut filed a plea in the High Court on September 9, seeking that the court declare the demolition of a part of her bungalow by the BMC illegal.

She subsequently amended her plea to demand Rs 2 crore as damages from the civic body. While hearing her amended plea on Tuesday, the High Court noted that Ranaut’s counsel, senior advocate Birendra Saraf, had submitted a DVD containing a speech in which Sena leader Raut allegedly made a comment threatening the actress. —PTI