A Bombay court on December 13 issued writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar summons in connection with a defamation case filed by a lawyer over his alleged remarks against Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) during a TV interview last year. The lawyer, Santosh Dubey, had in October 2021 filed a complaint against Akhtar before the metropolitan magistrate court at Mulund in Bombay under IPC sections 499 (defamation) and 500 (punishment for defamation).
Javed Akhtar had, in the television interview, drawn parallels between the Taliban and Hindu extremists.