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2025 Supreme(Online)(DEL) 147

HIGH COURT OF DELHI
MS. JUSTICE MINI PUSHKARNA, J
SAREGAMA INDIA LIMITED – Appellant
Versus
VELS FILM INTERNATIONAL LIMITED & ORS. – Respondent


Mr. CM Lall, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Ankur Sangal, Ms. Sucheta Roy, Ms. Amira Dhawan, Ms. Shambhavi Mishra, Ms. Ananya Mehan, Ms. Samanyu Sethi, Advocates for Plaintiff; Mr. K. Rigved Prasad, Ms. PS Deepika and Mr. V. Shreekumar, Advocates for D-1; Ms. Anushree Rauta, Mr. Deepank Singhal, Ms. Anisha Shetty, Mr. Shwetank Tripathi, Advocates for D-2; Mr. Manu Kulkarni, Mr. Ankit Parhar, Ms. Shloka Narayanan, Ms. Sriparna Dutta Choudhury, Advocates for D-3

Table of Content
1. plaintiff claims copyright infringement (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5)
2. submissions by plaintiff (Para 6 , 7)
3. submissions by defendant no. 3 (Para 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38)
4. court's decision on injunction (Para 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44)

JUDGMENT

% 30.01.2025 I.A. 1021/2025 & I.A. 2163/2025

1. The present suit has been filed by the plaintiff against the defendants for infringement of its copyright in the literary and musical work of the song „En Iniya Pon Nilave‟ from the cinematograph film „Moodu Pani‟ in the cinematograph film „Aghathiyaa‟, produced by defendant no. 1, which is slated for release on 31st January, 2025. It is undisputed that the defendants have used the lyrics and music composition of the song in question and have caused a fresh recording of the same.

2. By this judgment, this Court shall decide the applications filed by the plaintiff and defendant no. 1 respectively, for grant of injunction and vacation of the interim order dated 16th January, 2025, pertaining to the rights of the parties in the song „En Iniya Pon Nilave‟ fr

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