Chandigarh, Aug. 2 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday dismissed a plea of BJP MP from Mandi Kangana Ranaut seeking quashing of a defamation complaint against her and the summoning order by a court in Bathinda in 2022.

The actor-turned-politician had challenged the defamation case which stemmed from her retweet consisting of her own comment about the complainant during the 2020-21 farmer protests against the now-repealed farm laws, against which farmer organisations remained camped at Delhi borders for months. The Centre repealed the three laws on December 1, 2021.

The complaint was filed by Mahinder Kaur, 73, of Bahadurgarh Jandian village in Bathinda district in 2021. She had alleged that Kangana defamed her in the tweet by...