- By Nidhi Giri
- Fri, 12 Sep 2025 02:04 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected BJP MP Kangana Ranaut’s plea seeking to quash a criminal defamation case pending against her in connection with her tweet about a woman participating in the 2021 farmers' protests..
The case was heard by a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta.
"What do you say about your comments? You added spice. It was not a simple retweet. The interpretation of this tweet can’t be considered in a quashing petition. Your clarification is for the trial court. Not in a quashing petition,” the bench said, as per Bar and Bench.
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In a social media post, the Lok Sabha MP alleged that an elderly woman protester, Mahinder Kaur, was paid to take part in the farmers protest.
"Ha ha ha she is the same dadi who featured in Time magazine for being the most powerful Indian…And she is available in 100 rupees. Pakistani jurno’s have hijacked international PR for India in an embarrassing way. We need our own people to speak for us internationally,” Kangana had posted on X.
Kangana’s counsel argued that she had not spoken about Kaur, but a protestor in Shaheen Bagh. The Court, however, refused to comment on the contents of the post
"The complaint may be dismissed for inadmissibility of evidence. Don’t ask us to comment on your tweet. It may prejudice your trial. You withdraw this. You want to withdraw?" the Court said.
Kangana tried to have the case quashed in the Punjab and Haryana High Court too but the pleas were rejected.