Overview
- Ilaiyaraaja alleges two of his songs were used and altered without permission in the Tamil film Dude and seeks an accounting of streaming income.
- Justice N. Senthilkumar declined to open Sony Music’s sealed statement of accounts, citing deference to an ongoing Supreme Court transfer petition.
- Sony told the court it has filed the transfer plea, submitted income statements in a sealed cover, and will file a written response, while refusing to share the data with the composer’s counsel on confidentiality grounds.
- The court permitted Ilaiyaraaja to proceed against the film’s producers and noted he could file separate applications over any continued unauthorized use.
- Proceedings in Madras are set to resume after the Supreme Court’s expected hearing on the transfer bid, with the High Court listing the case for November 27.