( 1 ) SMT. Muppala Ranganayakamma laid a complaint under section 63 of Copyright Act of 1957 and Section 190 of Criminal Procedure Code against the respondents 1 to 5 herein with the allegation that she is the Authoress of the novel "ide Na Nyayam", that in the year 1966 the same was published as a serial in "yuva" a leading Telugu monthly magazine and later got the novel published in a book form in the year 1968. She claimed that being the Authoress, she acquired copyright in the said novel. She further contended that all the respondents herein infringed her exclusive copyright in the said novel by making Cinematograph film under the title "gorintaku" substantially adopting the story of the said novel written by her with the same sequence of events, several incidents, expressions and sentiments with minor variations to suit the screen and sentiments of the cinema public and to make the film appear as though it is not a replica of the novel. The film was released on 19-10-1979 and was being exhibited throughout the State of Andhra Pradesh and in some theatres of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Orissa and that the film was being exhibited in Sobhana (Balanagar) Sridevi, Al