HC asks Raut to reply to Kangana’s plea on bungalow demolition

The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed Shiv Sena chief spokesperson Sanjay Raut to file his reply to actor Kangana Ranaut’s petition against the demolition of a part of her bungalow in Mumbai by the BMC.
A bench of Justices S J Kathawalla and R I Chagla also directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) H-ward officer Bhagyawant Late to file his reply to the plea.
Late had signed the demolition notice served to Ranaut on September 7. On Tuesday, Ranaut’s lawyer senior counsel Birendra Saraf submitted in the court a DVD containing a speech in which Raut allegedly made a comment threatening the actress.
Following this, the HC bench had permitted Ranaut to make both Raut and Late parties to the case.On Thursday, the bench said it will begin final hearing in the case on Friday. Raut’s counsel Pradeep Thorat asked for more time to file the reply, saying the Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha member is currently in New Delhi. (PTI)