The court had earlier issued summons to Mallika to appear before it on July 6 in the case filed against her by city-based advocate Narendra Tiwari. "If she or the advocate doesn't appear during the next date as well, I will ask the court to issue a non-bailable warrant and declare her as an absconder," Tiwari told TOI.
The Gujarat high court had earlier rejected Mallika's petition for quashing a summon against her on March 2. She had filed a petition before the high court after a local court sent her summons in 2007 based on a criminal complaint.
Tiwari, who was then president of Baroda Bar Association (BBA), had filed a complaint in the court on January 12, 2007 under IPC Sections 294 and 114. He had approached the court after Mallika's dance performance in a five-star hotel in Mumbai on December 31, 2006 that was shown on television channels.
He had argued that Mallika's dance was provocative and obscene. Tiwari even claimed that a spectator in the hotel had tried to stop the dance by climbing on the stage but he was allegedly ridiculed by the organizers. The court asked the police to investigate the case under IPC Section 202.
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