The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has quashed the proceedings on the file of the judicial magistrate Valliyoor against actor-politician Kamal Haasan initiated in 2017 following his remarks about women and the Mahabharata.

A private complaint was filed with the judicial magistrate by Aadhinatha Sundaram of Pazhavoor in Tirunelveli district.

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