( 1 ) 1. This appeal arises out of a judgment of the City Civil Court decreeing the plaintiffs suit for Rs. 8,250/ with costs against defendants 1 to 3 and directing a permanent injunction restraining them from infringing the copyright of the plaintiff In respect of the Telugu book entitled Hyderabad Pai Police Charya (Police Action Against Hyderabad ). The plaintiff had alleged that he was the author of the said book which, he had written in July 1949 in respect of which he had a copyright, that he had arranged to have 1,000 copies of the same printed in Vani press and had obtained 100 copies; but the remaining 900 copies were obtained from the press by defendants 1 and 2 in collusion with the 3rd defendant who is the proprietor of Sreerama Book. Depot, Secunderabad. Subsequently, it is further alleged, the defendants had got printed 3000 copies of the said book in September 1949 infringing his copyright of the book. The damages claimed were calculated at Rs. 2-8-0 per book for the 900 copies amounting to Rs. 2,250. 00 and at Rs. 2. 00 per book for the 3000 copies amounting to Rs. 6000/. 2. The appellants denied that the first respondent was the author of the book and alleged that
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