Kolkata HC restrains telecast of tele-serial Karishma

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal">KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday restrained Sahara TV channel from telecasting any episode of the much-publicised tele-serial "<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Karishma -- A miracle of destiny</span>" starring Bollywood actress Karishma Kapoor.<br /><br />Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghosh passed the interim order on a suit filed by New York based novelist, Barbara Taylor Bradford, against Sahara Media Entertainment Ltd and others alleging infringement of the copyright of her literary work -- "A Woman of Substance."<br /><br />The Court fixed the next date for hearing of the case on May 13.<br /><br />The Court also appointed a special officer to make an inventory of all alleged infringed materials, including outline, script, all recorded materials, master tape, CD, VCD and screen play of the serial.<br /><br />The mega-serial, which would have marked the debut of Karishma Kapoor on the small screen, was scheduled to be telecast from May 12.<br /><br />P C Sen and Debal Banerjee, appearing for the petitioners, submitted that Bradford is the holder of the copyright of the novel and had never authorised anyone to make or produce any serial or film of the work.<br /><br />They submitted that the petitioner was surprised to know that her work was being serialised in India under the name "<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Karishma -- A miracle of destiny</span>".<br /><br />The serial was produced by Akashdeep for Sahara TV and written by noted Hindi film story writer Sachin Bhowmick.</div> </div>