Hollywood actor Richard Gere seeking stay of his arrest warrant in connection with the kissing row with actor Shilpa Sheety told the Supreme Court on Monday that he was willing to submit to the jurisdiction of the concerned courts in the country.A Bench, headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan, issued notice to the complainant on whose plea a Jaipur court had issued arrest warrant to Gere. The court also sought a response from the Rajasthan Government after senior advocate Indira Jaisinh, appearing for Gere, said the actor, who is schedule to come to India in March, was ready to submit to the court’s jurisdiction.She said the warrant was issued after the actor had left the country. The Jaipur court had restrained him from leaving the country. However, during the hearing, advocate Anupam Lal Das, appearing for the complainant Poonam Chandra Bhandari, alleged that there was a conspiracy by the actor to secure an ex-parte order.He said Gere in his application has named the father of the complainant as respondent, who was dead.“How can title of the matter be changed. Instead of complainant, her father who is dead has been made a party so that order could be passed ex-parte,” he alleged and submitted that an inquiry be ordered.However, the counsel appearing for Gere said it was only a bonafide error which will be amended. Das, who accepted the notice on behalf of Bhandari, also questioned the relief sought by Gere contending that he had filed his application on the pending petition of Shetty in which he was a respondent.
