Kangana Ranaut Defamation Case: Supreme Court Rejects Request To Quash Plea For Post On 2021 Farmer Protests

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta allowed the withdrawal after suggesting that Kangana Ranaut could pursue alternative remedies before the trial court.

The BJP leader had moved the top court after the Punjab and Haryana high court dismissed her plea earlier, ruling that she failed to establish that her allegedly defamatory post was made in good faith.

Soon after the matter was taken up, Justice Mehta expressed reservations about the comments of the petitioner. "What about your comments? It was not a simple retweet. You have added your own comments. You have added spice," Justice Mehta observed, Live Law reported.