MasterChef India High Court Mercy

MasterChef India High Court Mercy

Whether Star TV’s new show MasterChef India will be telecast on October 16 or not is for the Bombay high court to decide.

Heena Singh, an artist and writer, has filed a suit against Star India Pvt Limited, claiming that she is the “exclusive and bonafide copyright holder of the said concept”.

“Not just the concept, the defendants have not even bothered to change the name of the show, which she had proposed with her concept,” said advocate Ashok Saraogi, Singh’s counsel.

He said Singh came across the promos for the first time on October 1. She addressed a legal notice to the defendants and demanded that the show not be aired. However, they haven’t replied yet.

Singh said she became a member of the Writers’ Association in 2007 and registered the concept of MasterChef India in 2008. Star TV approached her showing interest in her concept. “They retained a copy of my concept to get approval from higher authorities. I was told they will get in touch with me, but they never did,” she said.

The notice states that the defendants have violated the copyright and committed criminal breach of trust coupled with cheating by keeping Singh uninformed.