PTI
New Delhi, May 15: Shilpa Shetty on Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking transfer to a Mumbai court, the criminal proceedings initiated against her in connection with the kissing row involving Hollywood star Richard Gere.
The actor while seeking quashing of the criminal cases registered against her in the judicial magistrate courts of Jodhpur, Ghaziabad and Mundawar (Alwar) also sought a stay on the proceedings until the transfer plea was decided.
Besides, she urged the apex court to grant her personal exemption from attending the various court proceedings.
In her petition, the actress claimed that the April 15 incident was wrongly projected by the media resulting in the filing of private complaints before the magistrates at Jodhpur, Mundawar and Ghaziabad by some local lawyers.
The actor apprehended that she might be served with summons/warrants by the respective magistrates and hence sought transfer of the cases to the court of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Mumbai, where she is domiciled.
A bench comprising the Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan, Justices R V Raveendran and Lokeshwar Panta, listed the matter for mentioning on Tuesday, so that it could be taken up by an appropriate bench.
Senior counsel Anand Grover, appearing for the actress, mentioned the matter before the Chief Justice on Monday, during which he briefly submitted that the actress was fearing issuance of warrants/summons by the various magisterial courts.
The kissing incident during an AIDS awareness programme at the Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar in the capital last month had evoked strong protests in several cities.
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