Business tycoon Anil Ambani has filed a defamation suit in the Bombay High Court against Arnab Goswami and Republic TV over alleged defamatory broadcasts. He has sought an interim injunction to restrain the channel from airing or publishing the disputed content.
Dhrupad maestro Wasifuddin Dagar has moved the Supreme Court of India against the Delhi High Court’s decision that set aside interim relief in his copyright dispute with composer A. R. Rahman over the song Veera Raja Veera. Dagar claims the song copies the musical structure of Shiva Stuti, composed by the late Junior Dagar Brothers, and argues that the High Court wrongly rejected his authorship and moral rights claims.
The Delhi High Court has passed an interim order restraining digital news channel ‘Charcha Aaj Ki’ from using a logo and colour scheme similar to Aaj Tak. The Court held that Aaj Tak made out a strong prima facie case of trademark infringement and protected its well-known red-white-black logo identity.
The Madras High Court passed an interim injunction restraining unauthorized broadcast of the film Parasakthi, starring Sivakarthikeyan and Sreleela, by internet service providers and cable television operators. Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy granted relief on Dawn Pictures’ copyright infringement plea lawsuit.