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Tamil Nadu HC quashes cases against Suhasini for supporting Khushboo
Ref: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/56637.html
Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Two days after the Supreme Court quashed all the 23 cases against Kushboo for her interview to a magazine on pre-marital sex, the Madras High Court on Thursday quashed criminal proceedings pending before magistrate courts in Tamil Nadu against Suhasini Mani Ratnam, who had spoken up for Kushboo.

Justice C S Karnan quashed the proceedings against Suhasini, who came under attack from some organisations for making comments on pre-marital sex in a magazine interview. Earlier, in her petitions, filed by counsel C Seethapathy, the actress sought to quash the proceedings before the lower courts.

Expressing happiness over the verdict, Suhasini said, �Kushboo was courageous in facing the cases against her. I am equally courageous. I got summons every day. The situation I faced then was traumatic. People around me were so scared.�