On a plea filed by Kangana Ranaut against her summoning in a defamation case by a lower court, the Punjab and Haryana high court issued notice to Mahinder Kaur of Bathinda. While adjourning the hearing of the case for September 8, in the order the court stated, 'Meanwhile, the trial court shall adjourn the criminal complaint case, as pending before it, beyond the next date of hearing as fixed in the present petition' . The hearing of the defamation case against Kangana shall not take place before the lower court in Bathinda till Kangana’s plea before the HC is heard. On January 4, 2021, Mahinder Kaur had moved Bathinda court for Kangana’s tweet (later deleted), 

calling her Bilkis Bano of Shaheen Bagh famed and writing that such women could be hired into protests for Rs 100. 

(With inputs from agencies)