A Bengaluru Civil Court on
April 19 granted a temporary injunction holding back author Chetan Bhagat from
selling his book, ‘One Indian Girl’ following a city-based writer’s suit
claiming that the work was a copy of one of her short stories, ‘Drawing
Parallels’ from her book, ‘Life, Odds & Ends’.
Anvita Bajpai, a fellow
IIM graduate and a writer as Bhagat, had filed an original suit seeking a permanent
injunction restraining Bhagat and his publisher from selling his recent book
and also claimed damages of INR 1 lakh (USD 1550 approx.). After hearing the
advocate for Bajpai, the court passed a temporary injunction order on April 19
until the next hearing.
Anvita had earlier sent a
legal notice to Chetan Bhagat on February 22, asking him to withdraw the book
and pay a sum of INR 5 lakh (USD 7750 approx.) towards damages. The following
day, Bhagat replied to her denying all allegations and stating that ‘One Indian
Girl’ was a totally different story and not based on Anvita’s short story.
Bhagat denied all the
allegations levelled by Anvita Bajpai and stated that he has never met her or
read any of her work. The writer added on his official twitter page, “I write
universal stories about everyday issues. This could be a misunderstanding and
am sure will be clarified as what is being suggested is baseless. My
publisher’s legal team will be taking appropriate steps.”
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