HC to hear Ekta Kapoor’s petition on Tuesday

Dilbag Singh 

HC to hear Ekta Kapoor’s petition on Tuesday

 

NAKODAR 2 NOVEMBER 

The Punjab and Haryana High Court (HC) will hear on Tuesday a petition filed by Film and Television serial producer Ekta Kapoor in connection with a case registered against her and others by the Nakodar police in 2013.

It is listed before a bench headed by Justice Sumeet Goel

Film and Television serials Producer Ekta Kapoor, her mother Shobha Kapoor and four members of her team are involved in the production of the serial Pavitra Rishta, and the Zee TV owner had been booked by the Nakodar police under Section 295A of the IPC for hurting the religious sentiments of the Valmiki community.

The case was lodged after Rauni Gill, President of Bhartiya Valmiki Sarav Dharam Samaj and a resident of Shankar, had complained to the police that August 5, 2013, episode of the serial had made derogatory and objectionable references towards Maharishi Valmiki, which hurt the religious sentiments of the community.

Apart from Ekta and her mother Meghna Amal, Sameer Kulkarni, Bhavna Thakkar and the actor who made these references had been named as accused in the case. Zee TV owner, without naming him, had also been mentioned in the accused list.

The case was registered on August 16, 2013, and a petition was filed in 2014.

The court had directed the state not to take any coercive steps against the petitioners.