HC Seeks Sanjay Raut’s Reply On Kangana’s Plea Over Bungalow Demolition

On Tuesday, Ranaut’s lawyer senior counsel Birendra Saraf had submitted a DVD of a speech in which Raut allegedly made a comment threatening the actor. Following it, the HC permitted Ranaut to make both Raut and Late parties to the case. On Thursday, Raut’s counsel Pradeep Thorat asked for more time to file reply, saying the Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha member was in New Delhi.

BMC’s senior counsel Anil Sakhre also sought more time for filing reply on Late’s behalf. Justice Kathawalla said the bench will begin hearing the petitioner (Ranaut) on Friday and Raut could file his reply anytime before his lawyers start their arguments.

The bench, however, directed the BMC to file the reply on Late’s behalf by Monday. “Since 40 per cent of the Petitioner’s Bungalow is already demolished on 9th September, 2020 and the Bungalow continues to stand in partially demolished condition, it is likely that some mishap may be caused due to the heavy rainfall in Mumbai. It is therefore necessary to hear the matter at the earliest,” the bench said, scheduling the hearing at 3 pm on Friday.

Ranaut, in her plea filed in the HC on September 9, sought that the demolition carried out by the BMC at her Pali Hill bungalow be declared illegal. She rushed to the court after demolition began earlier that day. The HC then stayed the BMC’s action.