Supreme Court to hear plea of music composer Ilaiyaraaja on July 18
Supreme Court
on Monday deferred to July 18 the hearing on a plea of legendary
music composer
Ilaiyaraaja seeking to transfer a
copyright dispute
involving over 500 of his musical compositions from the
Bombay High Court
to the
Madras High Court
.
The plea was listed on Monday before a bench comprising Justices K Vinod Chandran and NV Anjaria.
The legal case started from a lawsuit initiated by
Sony Music Entertainment India
in 2022 before the Bombay High Court. Sony has sought an injunction to restrain
Ilaiyaraaja
Music N Management Pvt Ltd (IMMPL) from using 536 musical works.
The company claims it acquired rights to these works through Oriental Records and Echo Recording, the entity with which Ilaiyaraaja has long been embroiled in litigation.
The IMMPL, however, alleged that 310 of the 536 disputed works are already under judicial scrutiny in a parallel case before the Madras High Court. That case, originally filed by Ilaiyaraaja in 2014 against Echo Recording, challenges the latter's claim over his compositions and seeks recognition of the composer's moral and economic rights under the
Copyright Act
.
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The 2014 Madras suit led to a significant 2019 judgment, which upheld Ilaiyaraaja's moral and special rights as a composer.
Ilaiyaraaja is one of India's most prolific composers with over 7,500 songs across 1,500 films.
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