JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Civil Suit has been filed under Order VII, Rule 1 C.P.C., and Order IV, Rule 1 O.S. Rules read with Sections 51, 55, 62 of the Copyrights Act, 1957 praying to grant a judgment and decree:-

(a) a permanent injunction restraining the defendants by themselves, their partners, men, servants, agents, distributors, representatives or any one claiming through or under them from in any manner infringing the plaintiff’s copyright in the rights over the original movie SPECIAL 26 by producing, directing, distributing or communicating to the pubic any cinematograph film under the title THAANA SERNDHA KOOTAM or any other name or in any other manner whatsoever;

(b) a preliminary decree be passed in favour of the plaintiffs directing the defendant to render account of profits made by use of copyright in the literary work of the original film, SPECIAL 26 for adapting or remaking their movie, THAANA SERNDHA KOOTAM and a final decree be passed in favour of the plaintiffs for the amount of profits thus found to have been made by the defendant after the latter have rendered accounts;

(c) for costs of the suit.)

(This case has been heard through Video Conferencing)

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