#MeToo Movement

A Mumbai court has refused to take cognisance of "MeToo" allegations levelled against veteran actor Nana Patekar by his co-star Tanushree Dutta in 2018 after observing the complaint was filed "beyond the period of limitation" without explaining the reason for delay. Judicial Magistrate First Class (Andheri) NV Bansal on Friday said that Dutta filed an FIR in 2018 over an incident that allegedly occurred on March 23, 2008. In her complaint filed in October 2018, Dutta accused Patekar and three others of harassing and misbehaving with her in 2008 while shooting a song on the sets of the film "Horn Ok Pleasss". The issue hit national headlines and sparked the #MeToo movement on social media. The police, in 2019, filed its final report before a magistrate court stating that its probe did not find anything incriminating against any of the accused. The FIR was found to be false, the police further said in its report. In legal terms, such a report is called a 'B-summary'. At the time, D

A Mumbai court on Friday refused to take cognisance of "MeToo" allegations levelled against veteran actor Nana Patekar by his co-star Tanushree Dutta in 2018 after observing the complaint was filed "beyond the period of limitation" without explaining reason for delay. In her complaint filed in October that year, Dutta had accused Patekar and three others of harassing and misbehaving with her in 2008 while shooting a song on the sets of the film "Horn Ok Pleasss". The issue hit national headlines and had sparked the #MeToo movement on social media. The police, in 2019, filed its final report before a magistrate court stating that its probe did not find anything incriminating against any of the accused. The FIR was found to be false, the police further said in its report. In legal terms such a report is called a 'B-summary'. At the time, Dutta had filed a protest petition urging the court to reject the B-summary. She urged the court to order further probe into her complaint. ...

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