INDIAN PERFORMING RIGHTS SOCIETY LTD. Vs. SANJAY DALIA AND ORS.
LAWS(SC)-2015-7-31
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Decided on July 01,2015

Indian Performing Rights Society Ltd. Appellant
VERSUS
Sanjay Dalia And Ors. Respondents

JUDGEMENT

- (1.) Leave granted in SLP[C] No.8253 of 2013.
(2.) In the appeals, the question arising for consideration is as to the interpretation of section 62 of the Copyright Act, 1957 and section 134(2) of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 with regard to the place where a suit can be instituted by the plaintiff.
(3.) The plaintiff/appellant in Civil Appeal Nos. 10643-44/2010 had filed a suit praying for relief against defendant No.1 so as to prevent infringement of the rights of the plaintiff without obtaining the licence. The defendant owns cinema halls in Maharashtra and Mumbai where infringement is alleged and the entire cause of action, as alleged in the plaint, has arisen in Mumbai, Maharashtra.;


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