The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a petition filed by Siddiqua Begum Khan, daughter of Shah Bano Begum, seeking a stay on the release of the Hindi film Haq , which she claimed was based on her late mother’s life and made without the family’s consent.

The Indore bench, in its order dated November 4 (delivered to the parties on Thursday), found no grounds to interfere and cleared the way for the film’s release on November 7.

Justice Pranay Verma, while rejecting the plea, observed, “Thus, in view of the aforesaid discussion, I am of the considered view that the petitioner has failed to make out any case for interfering in the matter. Consequently, the petition is found to be devoid of any merits and is hereby dismissed.”

The film, starring Yami Gautam Dhar and Emraan Hashmi, i

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