Kochi: Ahead of a decision on the appeal filed by the Catholic Congress challenging the single-bench order granting a censor certificate to the film ‘Haal’, the High Court Division Bench watched the movie. On Wednesday evening, Justices Sushruth Aravind Dharmadhikari and P V Balakrishnan viewed the film at a studio in Kakkanad. Lawyers representing the petitioners were also present.

Earlier, the single bench had watched the film. Meanwhile, both the Central Government and the Film Certification Board filed appeals questioning the single-bench order.

‘Hal’, starring Shane Nigam, tells the story of a romance between a Muslim man and a Christian woman. The legal challenge arose after the producers, Juby Thomas and director Mohammed Rafiq, filed a petition against the single-bench order foll

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