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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

Date of Decision: 6^th July, 2022

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CS (COMM) 358/2018 & CC 181/2008

ABHISHEK RAY

..... Plaintiff

Through:

Ms. Sneha Jain, Mr. Ranjeet Singh

Sidhu

&

Mr.

Kuber

Mahajan,

Advocates (M-9958393111)

versus

R. PAUL AND ORS.

..... Defendants

Through:

Mr. A.K. Jha, Advocate.

CORAM:

JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH

Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral)

1. The Plaintiff- Mr. Abhishek Ray has filed the present suit for

declaration and permanent injunction, rendition of accounts, damages,

delivery up, etc. The suit is filed against four Defendants, namely, Mr. R. Paul

(Defendant No.1), Mr. Michael Menezes (Defendant No.2), Showtimes

Events (India) Pvt. Ltd. (Defendant No.3) and M/s The Storytellers

(Defendant No.4).

2. As per the Plaint, the Plaintiff is a well-known music composer-singer

and he hasseveral prestigious albums both in Indian and in the international

market. The profile of the Plaintiff is that he has been composing music for

television channels including Doordarshan, Star, Sony, Zee, etc. The Plaintiff

has composed music for more than 500 television serials aired on various

channels. The featur