Overview

• A bench of Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran issued notice to Ilaiyaraaja Music N Management Pvt Ltd on Sony Music Entertainment’s transfer plea.
• Sony first sued in the Bombay High Court in 2022 and says it acquired rights to the catalogue through Oriental Records and Echo Recording.
• The composer’s company filed a fresh suit in the Madras High Court after the Supreme Court on July 28 declined to move the Bombay case to Chennai.
• Sony is seeking injunctions restraining IMMA from using 536 musical works and has asked that the new Madras proceedings be transferred to Bombay for consistency.
• The bench did not grant an immediate stay of the Madras proceedings, and the notice sets the matter up for further hearing in about six weeks.