Delhi High Court Dismisses Ilaiyaraaja's Review Plea In 'En Iniya Pon Nilave' Copyright Dispute

The Delhi High Court has dismissed composer Ilaiyaraaja's review petition against its May 21, 2026 judgment that upheld Saregama India Ltd.'s copyright claim over the sound recording of the iconic song En Iniya Pon Nilave from the Tamil film Moodu Pani, holding that no ground for review was made out.A Division Bench of Justice C. Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla rejected the plea after hearing Senior Advocate Swathi Sukumar for Ilaiyaraaja. The dispute began after Saregama sued Vels...

Delhi Court Dismisses Producer's Copyright Suit Over Main Nashe Main Hoon, Other Films Against YouTube Channels

A Delhi commercial court has dismissed a copyright infringement suit filed by film producer Rishi Raj over alleged unauthorised streaming of films including Vairi, Kanch Ki Diwaar, Laajo, Main Nashe Main Hoon and Ankh Ka Tara. The films were allegedly streamed on YouTube channels run by Chandigarh-based Gaurav Trehan. District Judge Anil Kumar Sisodia of the Tis Hazari Courts, in a judgment delivered on May 4, held that Raj had failed to prove infringement with admissible evidence. “The mere...

Delhi High Court Orders YouTube To Remove Video Allegedly Showing Hindu Preacher Endorsing Satlok Ashram

The Delhi High Court has directed YouTube to take down a video that allegedly used morphed versions of Hindu preacher Sadhvi Deepika Bharti's original religious discourse without authorisation, while falsely portraying her as endorsing Sant Rampal Singh and Satlok Ashram Foundation. Justice Mini Pushkarna passed the order on May 18, 2026, in a suit filed by Sadhvi Deepika Bharti and Divya Jyoti Jagrati Sansthan. The Court observed, “this Court is of the view that a prima facie case has been...

Madras High Court Issues Notice On Plea To Stop Telugu Dub Release of Mohanlal's Drishyam 3

Film production company Rajkumar Theatre Pvt. Ltd. has approached the Madras High Court seeking to restrain the producers and director of Malayalam movie “Drishyam 3."When the case came up before the vacation court, Justice V Lakshminarayanan admitted the plea and issued notice to the defendants. Notices have been issued to Aashirvad Cinemas (producer of the movie), director Jeethu Joseph and Panorama Studio, which has acquired the worldwide theatrical and digital rights of the movie. The...

'Ilaiyaraaja Had No Copyright Over En Iniya Pon Nilave ': Delhi HC Dismisses Appeal Against Single-Bench Order

The Delhi High Court has dismissed music composer Ilaiyaraaja's appeal against a single-judge order that had, at an interim stage, recognised Saregama India Limited's rights over the classic Tamil song En Iniya Pon Nilave from the 1980 film Moodu Pani. A Division Bench of Justice C. Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla pronounced the judgment on Thursday."However, Ilaiyaraaja was not the owner of copyright in the sound recording, or the lyrics underlying the disputed song. His...

Delhi Court Grants Karl Rock Permanent Injunction Against UK-Based YouTuber, Awards ₹7 Lakh In Copyright Suit

A Delhi commercial court has permanently restrained a UK-based YouTube operator and Google entities from infringing YouTuber Karl Rock's copyrighted videos. The court also awarded him ₹5 lakh in damages, holding that the defendant systematically republished portions of his videos as Shorts without authorisation or transformation. The judgment dated May 13, 2026 was passed by District Judge Vinod Yadav in a summary judgment suit filed by Karl Edward Rice, popularly known as Karl Rock. The...

Madras High Court Refuses To Reject Seven Arts' Copyright Suit In Hera Pheri Remake Rights Dispute

The Madras High Court has dismissed filmmaker Firoz Nadiadwala's plea seeking rejection of a copyright infringement suit filed by Seven Arts International Limited. The suit concerns alleged remake rights to the Malayalam films Ramji Rao Speaking and Mannar Mathai Speaking, which Seven Arts claims form the basis of the Bollywood Hera Pheri franchise. Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy passed the order on April 24. Seven Arts claimed in the suit that it acquired remake rights to both films through...

Copyright Registration Cannot Be Granted Automatically If No Objection Is Filed: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has recently held that copyright registration cannot be granted merely because no objection is received within the statutory period, holding that the Registrar of Copyright must independently verify the correctness of the application before granting registration. Interpreting the Registrar's obligations under the Copyright Rules in cases where no objection is received to a registration application, Justice Arindam Mukherjee observed, “On a conjoint reading of the...

Delhi High Court Restrains Unauthorised Use Of 'Bachpan Ka Pyar' Hook Line, Seeks Revenue Details From YouTubers

The Delhi High Court has granted temporary relief to Ivy Entertainment Private Limited in its copyright suit over the song Bachpan Ka Pyar and its hook line “jaane meri janeman bachpan ka pyar bhool nahi jaana re”. The court restrained certain YouTube channel operators and unidentified infringers from using it without authorisation, and directed three named channel operators to disclose revenue earned from exploiting the song. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela passed the ex parte ad-interim order on...

Delhi High Court Orders Takedown Of Pirated Copies Of Sanjay Dutt-Starrer Aakhri Sawal

A day after its theatrical release, the Delhi High Court protected the Sanjay Dutt-starrer Aakhri Sawal from online piracy, directing Google and Telegram to take down infringing content within 72 hours and granting a dynamic+ injunction to tackle newly discovered infringing links during the pendency of the suit. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela passed the ex parte ad interim order on May 16, 2026, on a suit filed by Nikhil Nanda Motion Pictures LLP, the film's production house, after it alleged that...

Patna HC Quashes FIR Against Prashant Kishor Over Alleged Theft Of INC's 2020 Bihar Campaign Intellectual Property

The Patna High Court has quashed an FIR against political strategist Prashant Kishor in a case over allegations that he used campaign materials claimed as intellectual property by Shashwat Gautam, a data analytics professional associated with the Indian National Congress.The court held that criminal law cannot be invoked merely by invoking the phrase “intellectual property” where the allegations do not disclose any offense. The bench further found that the material claimed by Gautam was...

Delhi High Court Upholds Interim Injunction Against Geeta Publishing House Over Subhash Dey Books

The Delhi High Court has recently upheld a District Judge's refusal to vacate an interim injunction restraining Geeta Publishing House from publishing, selling, revising, editing, circulating, or advertising Subhash Dey's Business Studies books for Classes XI and XII, or any other books authored by him. It held that the dispute over whether the publishing agreement was validly terminated must be decided at trial. “Further, it is not the plea of Mr Wason that the memorandum of agreement is not...