Defamation case: Punjab Court orders BJP MP Kangana Ranaut to appear on January 15

January 7, 2026

Defamation case: Punjab Court orders BJP MP Kangana Ranaut to appear on January 15 A Bathinda court rejected BJP MP Kangana Ranaut's plea for exemption from personal appearance in a defamation case, directing her to appear on January 15 amid allegations of avoiding proceedings. AdvertisementThe Special MP-MLA court directed BJP MP Kangana Ranaut to personally appear before it on January 15India Today News DeskBathinda,UPDATED: Jan 8, 2026 02:18 ISTWritten By: Nitish K SinghIn a setback for BJP’s Mandi MP and Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut, a special MP-MLA court in Bathinda has rejected her plea seeking exemption from personal appearance in an ongoing defamation case filed by an elderly farmer from Punjab. The Special MP-MLA court directed Ranaut to personally appear before it on January 15, unless exempted by a specific judicial order. The court also made it clear that arguments on her application seeking permanent exemption from personal appearance would be heard on the same day. advertisementThe defamation case was registered in January 2021 on a complaint filed by Mahinder Kaur of Bahadurgarh Jandian village in Bathinda district. The complaint stems from social media remarks made by Ranaut during the 2020–21 farmers’ agitation.

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Ranaut did not appear before the court on Monday, citing official and pre-scheduled commitments in Mumbai.
Her repeated request for exemption was opposed by the complainant’s counsel, who alleged that the accused was deliberately avoiding court proceedings and sought issuance of non-bailable warrants. The prosecution argued that Ranaut had sought exemption for the fourth consecutive hearing, despite the winter session of Parliament having concluded.“Earlier, her counsel cited the Parliament session as the reason.
Now that the session is over, continuing to seek exemption amounts to misuse of the law,” prosecution counsel Raghbir Singh Behniwal told the court. Mahinder Kaur had filed the complaint under sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) after Ranaut shared a photograph of her on social media during the farmers’ protest, making remarks that the complainant said were defamatory.
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Defamation case: Punjab Court orders BJP MP Kangana Ranaut to appear on January 15

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