New Delhi, March 20 -- The Supreme Court on Friday quashed criminal proceedings against filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh in a copyright case linked to his film 'Kahaani 2'.

A bench of Justices Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Alok Aradhe set aside the summoning order issued by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hazaribagh, in 2018 and the Jharkhand High Court order refusing to quash the case.

The Court held that the proceedings could not continue and quashed the entire complaint case pending before the CJM.

The case stemmed from a complaint alleging that Ghosh copied a script titled 'Sabak' and used it in 'Kahaani 2' without consent. The Court accepted Ghosh's contention that the Magistrate had not properly applied their mind and that there was no mat...