JUDGMENT -R.M. LODHA, J.:---By this action initiated by the plaintiffs it is prayed that the plaintiffs be declared the assignees and owners of all copyrights in the programmes/tele serial "INDIA'S MOST WANTED" comprising episodes 1 to 65 already produced and also the further episodes 66 to 104 and that all such copyrights vest in the plaintiffs to the exclusion of any one else in respect of all episodes of the said programme which have been produced and which are to be produced in the future. In the alternative to the said prayer, the plaintiffs have prayed that in respect of episodes 66 to 104 of the said programme it be declared that all copyright therein vest in the plaintiffs as assignees/owners thereof immediately upon the said episodes coming into existence and that assignment agreement Exhibit 'B' read with the addendum Exhibit "C" between the plaintiffs and the defendants assigning in favour of plaintiffs all rights in respect of the programme "INDIA'S MOST WANTED", inter alia comprising episodes 66 to 104 is valid and subsisting and that the defendants are bound to perform the said agreement specifically in favour of the plaintiffs by completing the balance production of

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