High Court to hear Ekta Kapoor’s petition on February 15

Phagwara, February 13

On Thursday, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (HC) will hear 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 Harpreet Singh Brar.

Ekta Kapoor, her mother Shobha Kapoor and four members of her team involved in the production of the serial ‘Pavitra Rishta’, as well as the Zee TV owner were booked by the Nakodar police for hurting 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 the August 5, 2013 episode of the serial had made derogatory and objectionable references towards Maharishi Valmiki which hurt 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. The Zee TV owner, without naming him, had also been mentioned in the list of accused.