Srinagar, May 3 -- A court in Srinagar has dismissed a complaint alleging "obscenity and public consumption of alcohol" against designers Shivan & Narresh, the organisers of a controversial fashion show held in Gulmarg on March 7.

The court observed that two models wearing "skimpy clothes or swimwear in the broader scheme of the event does not attract the penal offence of obscenity".

The complaint was filed by one Adil Nazir Khan on March 10, seeking action under sections 296 and 299 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), and section 50 A of the Jammu and Kashmir Excise Act, 1958. The complainant had named the organisers and editor-in-chief of Elle India, alleging "obscenity, hurting religious sentiments during the month of Ramzan and pu...