PRAYER: Civil Suit (Commercial Division) filed under Order IV Rule 1 of OS Rules Read With Order VII Rule 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, and Sections 17, 51, 55 and 62 of the Copyright Act, 1957, praying to grant a judgment and decree on the following terms:-

(a) A permanent injunction restraining the defendant, their directors, partners or proprietors, licensees, assigns, officers, servants, agents, representatives, contractors, sister concerns and any other person working for and on behalf of the defendants from exploiting or infringing any of the plaintiff’s copyrighted works in their movies, including the musical and literary works of the songs “Nooru Varusham” and “Karutha Machan” and any other musical words of the plaintiff as incorporated in the movie “Dude”.

(b) A mandatory injunction directing the defendant, to immediately remove and take down all unauthorized content related to the plaintiff’s copyrighted works, including the musical and literary works of the songs “Nooru Varusham” and “Karutha Machan” incorporated in the movie “Dude”, from and all public streaming modes including digital media where such content is being exploited without authorization from the plaintiff.

(c) Directing the defendant to disclose the profits and gains derived by the defendant through such illegal and wrongful exploitation / use of the plaintiff’s copyrighted works in the movie “Dude”.

(d) Costs of the suit be awarded to the plaintiff.

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JUDGMENT

1. The suit was filed seeking relief in respect of alleged copyright infringement. The parties entered into negotiations and concluded a settlement. The terms thereof have been reduced to writing in joint memorandum of compromise dated 28.11.2025. The said document has been signed digitally by the plaintiff and by the defendant. The respective counsel have also signed.

2. The joint memorandum of compromise provides inter alia as under:

“3. The Defendant has paid a total sum of Rs.50,00,000/- (Rupees Fifty Lakhs only) after deducting a TDS of 10% to the plaintiff by way of RTGS Ref No.HDFCR52025112888647625.

4. The aforementioned sum has been paid towards usage of the songs composed by the Plaintiff in their movies ‘Dude’ and ‘Good Bad Ugly’ in respect of which the above C.S.(comm.Div) No.299 of 2025 and another suit in C.S.(comm.Div) No.226 of 2025 have been filed.

5. The Parties have entered into amicable settlement wherein both Parties agreed that upon receipt of the said sum, the Defendant shall continue to use the songs originally composed by the Plaintiff in the movie “Dude” and further the Defendant agree and undertake that they shall desist from using the songs composed by the Plaintiff in their other movie “Good Bad Ugly”.”

3. On examining the joint memorandum of compromise, I find no legal impediment for decreeing the suit in terms thereof.

4. Accordingly, C.S.(Comm.Div.) No.299 of 2025 is decreed in terms of joint memorandum of compromise dated 28.11.2025, which shall form an integral part thereof. On account of the compromise, each party shall bear his own costs. Consequently, O.A.No.1103 of 2025 is closed.

03.12.2025