1. The plaintiff Super Cassettes Industries Pvt. Ltd. has filed these suits to restrain the defendant in each of the suits from broadcasting or otherwise communicating to the public cinematograph films, sound recordings, literary works (lyrics) and musical works (musical composition) owned by the plaintiff and in which the plaintiff claims a copyright and for ancillary reliefs.

2. Each of the suits is valued for the purposes of court fees and jurisdiction at (i) Rs.200/- for the relief of permanent injunction; (ii) Rs.200/- for the relief of rendition of accounts; (iii) Rs.200/- for the relief of mandatory injunction; and, (iv) Rs.25,01,000/- for the relief of recovery of damages i.e. for a total of Rs.25,01,000/- and on which court fees of Rs.26,753/- has been paid.

3. It is further the case of the plaintiff that the dispute subject matter of each of the suits is a commercial dispute within the meaning of Section 2(1)(c)(xvii) of the Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts Act, 2015 (Commercial Courts Act) i.e. a dispute arising out of intellectual property rights relating to registered or unregistered trademarks, copyrights,