Actor-politician Kangana Ranaut on Monday (October 27, 2025) was granted bail in a defamation case by a courtroom in Punjab’s Bathinda, as she regretted the “misunderstanding” that arose following her social media. posted and mentioned each’mom‘ (Mom) is respectable to her.
The courtroom had final September directed the BJP MP from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh to be current in individual and rejected her plea to seem by way of video convention.
Safety was beefed up in and across the Bathinda courtroom complicated forward of the actor’s look. She got here escorted by safety males and native police.
The courtroom complicated was corralled behind police barricades.
The defamation case stems from a retweet the actor made along with her personal touch upon Mahinder Kaur, the 73-year-old complainant from Bahadurgarh Jandian village in Punjab’s Bathinda district.
The remark was made in 2021 through the farmers’ protest in opposition to the now-repealed farm legal guidelines.
Ms. Ranaut reached the courtroom complicated round 2 pm.
Chatting with reporters afterwards, she asserted that she had made no feedback in opposition to any particular person.
“No matter misunderstanding occurred with the household of Mahinder (Kaur) ji, I gave a message to her husband for ‘mata ji’ about how she was the sufferer of a misunderstanding,” she instructed reporters afterwards.
Mahinder Kaur was not current within the courtroom, however her husband was.
Ms. Ranaut mentioned, “By no means in my goals I may think about this, the way in which this controversy was created. Each ‘mata’, be she from Punjab or Himachal, is respectable to me.” Requested whether or not she acknowledged that she dedicated a mistake unknowingly, she replied that if one appeared on the case correctly, there was nothing from her facet.
“There was a retweet, which was used as a meme. I’ve additionally spoken and mentioned this with the husband of Mahinder ji,” she mentioned.
There have been many ladies in that meme, and no feedback had been made in opposition to any particular person, she asserted.
Any individual had made a touch upon the meme about many agitations happening throughout the nation, she mentioned.
Ms. Ranaut, nevertheless, mentioned she regretted the misunderstanding that arose from the publish.
Mahinder Kaur’s counsel Raghubir Singh Beniwal mentioned the courtroom granted bail to Ms. Ranaut on a bond furnished by her father.
Mr. Beniwal mentioned Ms. Ranaut filed one other plea, searching for everlasting exemption from private look within the courtroom, which he opposed.
Mr. Beniwal mentioned after the courtroom requested the actor whether or not she wished to say something, she mentioned she wished to apologize to the complainant, claiming that her publish was not meant to focus on anybody.
When the courtroom requested Mahinder Kaur’s husband, Labh Singh, he instructed the courtroom that he couldn’t resolve on his personal and would focus on the matter with others earlier than taking a name on whether or not an apology will be accepted, the counsel mentioned.
The courtroom has posted the matter for November 24.
In a grievance filed in Bathinda in January 2021, Mahinder Kaur alleged that the BJP MP defamed her by figuring out her wrongly as Bilkis Bano, an activist who hit the headlines through the 2020 Shaheen Bagh protest.
Mahinder Kaur mentioned the actor made “false imputations and remarks” in opposition to her within the retweet by evaluating her with “dadi”, who was a part of the Shaheen Bagh protest.
She mentioned she had been part of dharnas and demonstrations because the starting of the farmers’ protest.
Regardless of her outdated age, she, together with the others, went to Delhi to take part within the agitation.
Mahinder Kaur mentioned she completely had no reference to the Shaheen Bagh lady who featured in Time journal.
Ms. Ranaut moved the apex courtroom difficult an order of the Punjab and Haryana Excessive Court docket, which refused to quash the grievance in opposition to her.
“There are particular allegations in opposition to the petitioner, who’s a celeb, that false and defamatory imputations by her within the retweet have dented the respondent’s fame and lowered her in her personal estimation, as additionally within the eyes of others. Due to this fact, submitting of the grievance to vindicate her rights can’t be termed mala fide,” the excessive courtroom mentioned in its August 1 order, dismissing Ranaut’s plea.
Nonetheless, the apex courtroom, on September 12, instructed Ms. Ranaut that it was not a easy retweet and that the actor-politician “added spice” to what was present.
Ms. Ranaut then withdrew the plea.
Revealed – October 28, 2025 07:32 am IST