The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Friday stayed criminal defamation proceedings filed against the makers of the feature film Article 370.
The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Friday stayed criminal defamation proceedings filed against the makers of the feature film Article 370. ย Justice Moksha Khajuria Kazmi passed the order after noting that the trial court had failed to comply with mandatory procedure prescribed in the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) while issuing a summons in the case on December 30, 2025.The defamation complaint was filed by a man who alleged that his photo was used in the film without his consent to depict a terrorist, thereby harming his reputation. ย In December, a trial judge…