$~25 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CS(COMM) 143/2026 SAREGAMA INDIA LIMITED .....Plaintiff Through: Mr. Chander M. Lall, Senior Advocate alongwith Mr. Ankur Sangal, Mr. Ankit Arvind, Mr. Shashwat Rakshit, Mr. Rishabh Rao and Ms. Annanya Mehan, Advocates.

versus MR ILAIYARAAJA .....Defendant Through: None.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TUSHAR RAO GEDELA

O R D E R

% 13.02.2026 I.A. 4117/2026 (Exemption from Pre-Institution Mediation)

1. This is an application filed by the plaintiff seeking exemption from instituting Pre-Litigation Mediation under Section 12A of the Commercial Courts Act (“CC Act”).

2. As the present matter contemplates urgent interim relief, in light of the judgment of the Supreme Court in Yamini Manohar vs. T.K.D. Keerthi (2024) 5 SCC 815, exemption from the requirement of Pre-Institution mediation is granted.

3. The application stands disposed of. I.A. 4118/2026 (Additional Documents)

4. The present application has been filed on behalf of the plaintiff under Order XI Rule 1(4) of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (‘CPC’) as applicable to commercial suits under the CC Act seeking leave to place on record additional documents.

5. The plaintiff is permitted to file additional documents in accordance with the provisions of the CC Act and the Delhi High Court (Original Side)

Rules, 2018.

6. Accordingly, the application stands disposed of.

I.A. 4119/2026 (Seeking Extension of Time to File Court Fees)

7. The present application has been filed by the plaintiff under Section 149 read with Section 151 of the CPC seeking exemption from payment of Court Fees at the time of the filing of the Suit.

8. Considering the submissions made in the present application, time of two weeks is granted to deposit the Court Fees.

9. The application stands disposed of.

I.A. 4120/2026 (Exemption from Filing Redacted Documents)

10. This is an application under Section 151 of the CPC seeking exemption from filing original/certified, typed translated from vernacular language, illegible copies of documents and redacted information in documents, alongwith affidavit.

11. Exemption is allowed, subject to exemptions. Considering the submissions made in the present application, four weeks’ time is granted to file original/certified, typed translated from vernacular language, illegible copies of documents.

12. For the reasons stated in this application, plaintiff is exempted from filing the agreements with redacted information at this stage.

13. The application stands disposed of.

I.A. 4116/2026 (Stay)

14. Present application has been filed on behalf of the plaintiff under Order XXXIX Rules 1 & 2, CPC seeking ex-parte ad-interim injunction against the defendant.

15. The plaintiff claims to be incorporated in the year 1901 and formerly known as “The Gramophone Company of India Limited”. Between the years 1976 to 2001, the plaintiff entered into various assignment agreements with the producers of the cinematography films provided in paragraph 7 of the plaint, by virtue whereof the copyright in the sound recordings, musical and literary works of the songs of these cinematographic films are claimed to have vested in the plaintiff. Though there are some pending litigations inter se the parties, a reference to those may not be necessary for the time being.

16. Be that as it may, the present suit is instituted against the defendant to restrain him from exploiting the copyright works of the plaintiff on the ground that the defendant is granting unauthorised licenses to a third party for using the said works and simultaneously making baseless claims against the legal title/copyright of the plaintiff in various sound recordings and musical works.

17. Plaintiff claims to own a sizeable catalogue of films as well as a rich catalogue of film music and non film music in Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu as well as other regional languages. Plaintiff claims that it enters into various license agreements with third parties to allow them to use plaintiff’s copyrighted work