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    Barbara Taylor Bradford Vs Sahara Entertainment LTD

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    Barbara Taylor Bradford filed a lawsuit against Sahara Entertainment Ltd for plagiarism over their TV show "Karishma - A Miracle of Destiny" which Bradford alleged directly referenced her 1979 novel "Women of Substance". The Calcutta High Court ruled in favor of Sahara Entertainment, finding that Bradford failed to prove plagiarism had occurred and allowed the show to air. The court also ordered Bradford to pay Sahara damages of 150,000 rupees for each week the show was delayed from airing.

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    Barbara Taylor Bradford filed a lawsuit against Sahara Entertainment Ltd for plagiarism over their TV show "Karishma - A Miracle of Destiny" which Bradford alleged directly referenced her 1979 novel "Women of Substance". The Calcutta High Court ruled in favor of Sahara Entertainment, finding that Bradford failed to prove plagiarism had occurred and allowed the show to air. The court also ordered Bradford to pay Sahara damages of 150,000 rupees for each week the show was delayed from airing.

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    Barbara Taylor Bradford filed a lawsuit against Sahara Entertainment Ltd for plagiarism over their TV show "Karishma - A Miracle of Destiny" which Bradford alleged directly referenced her 1979 novel "Women of Substance". The Calcutta High Court ruled in favor of Sahara Entertainment, finding that Bradford failed to prove plagiarism had occurred and allowed the show to air. The court also ordered Bradford to pay Sahara damages of 150,000 rupees for each week the show was delayed from airing.

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    Barbara Taylor Bradford Vs Sahara Entertainment LTD

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    Barbara Taylor Bradford filed a lawsuit against Sahara Entertainment Ltd for plagiarism over their TV show "Karishma - A Miracle of Destiny" which Bradford alleged directly referenced her 1979 novel "Women of Substance". The Calcutta High Court ruled in favor of Sahara Entertainment, finding that Bradford failed to prove plagiarism had occurred and allowed the show to air. The court also ordered Bradford to pay Sahara damages of 150,000 rupees for each week the show was delayed from airing.

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    Barbara Taylor Bradford vs Sahara Entertainment Ltd

    • Date : 7th May , 2003


    • Background – Barbara authored the book , “ Women of
    substance” which was published in 1979. Sahara Entertainment
    Ltd produced a show , “Karishma -A Miracle of Destiny” in the
    year 2003.
    • Barbara filed a suit at Calcutta High court against Sahara Ltd for
    plagiarism charges and delayed the airing of the show for an
    indefinite period.
    • It was alledged that the show had direct references to the novel
    written by Barbara Bradford.
    JUDGEMENT
    • The court ruled that her lawyers had failed to
    establish conclusively that Bombay-based Sahara
    Media Entertainment had lifted material from her
    novel, and said the programme could go on the air.
    • The Calcutta high court also ruled that Taylor Bradford
    should pay Sahara damages of 150,000 rupees (just
    over £2,000) for each week of delay in airing the
    series.
    UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD VS RAMESHWARI
    PHOTOCOPY SERVICES
    Date : August 2012
    • Five publishers namely the Oxford University Press, Cambridge
    University Press (UK), Cambridge University Press (India), Taylor &
    Francis Group (UK) and Taylor & Francis Books (India) filed a suit before
    the Delhi High Court in August 2012 for permanent injunction against
    the Delhi University and Rameshwari Photocopy Service alleging them
    of infringing their copyrights.

    • They claimed infringement based on the fact that defendants copied


    excerpts from the books published by them and compiled them to
    make study materials and course packs.
    JUDGEMENT
    • The publishers had to withdraw their lawsuits against
    the defendants as it was observed that the shop had a
    legal license to operate within the north campus
    premises of Delhi University

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