Court to hear Ekta Kapoor’s plea today

Phagwara, August 4
The High Court will hear a petition filed by film and television serial producer Ekta Kapoor on Monday concerning a case registered against her and others by the Nakodar police in 2013.
Ekta Kapoor, her mother Shobha Kapoor and four members of her team involved in the production of serial Pavitra Rishta, and Zee TV owner had been booked by the Nakodar police under Section 295 -A of the IPC for hurting religious sentiments of the Valmiki community.
The case was lodged after Rauni Gill, president of the Bhartiya Valmiki Sarav Dharam Samaj and a resident of Shankar complained to the police that the August 5, 2013, episode of the serial had made objectionable references towards Maharishi Valmiki which hurt religious sentiments of the community.— OC