AZURE HOSPITALITY PRIVATE LIMITED vs PHONOGRAPHIC PERFORMANCE LIMITED

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 8 April 2025 Pronounced on: 15 April 2025 + FAO(OS) (COMM) 41/2025, CAV 106/2025, CM APPL. 16177/2025, CM APPL. 16178/2025 & CM APPL. 16179/2025 AZURE HOSPITALITY PRIVATE LIMITED .....Appellant Through: Mr. Dayan Krishnan and Ms. Swathi Sukumar, Sr. Advs. with Mr. S. Santanam Swaminathan, Mr. Kartik Malhotra, Mr. Anindit Mandal, Mr. Rishabh Agarwal and Mr. Ritik Raghuvanshi, Advs. versus PHONOGRAPHIC PERFORMANCE LIMITED ...Respondent Through: Mr. Rajiv Nayar and Mr. Akhil Sibal, Sr. Advs. with Mr. Ankur Sangal, Mr. Raghu Vinayak Sinha, Ms. Sucheta Roy, Mr. Shaurya Pandey, Ms. Jahnavi Sindhu and Ms. Sugandh Shahi, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT % 15.04.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. The appellant, Azure Hospitality Private Limited1, is the defendant before a learned Single Judge of this Court in CS (Comm) 714/20222. By judgment dated 3 March 2025, the learned Single 1 “Azure”, hereinafter 2 Phonographic Performance Limited v Azure Hospitality Private Limited Signature Not Verified FAO(OS) (COMM) 41/2025 Page 1 of 49 Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:15.04.2025 15:04:08 Judge has allowed IA 16777/2022 preferred by the respondent - plaintiff/ Phonographic Performance Limited3 and rejected IA 17272/2022 preferred by the appellant Azure under Order XXXIX Rule 4 of the CPC. 2. The learned Single Judge, has pending disposal of CS (COMM) 714/2022 restrained Azure, its directors, partners, licensees, assignees, officers and all others acting on its behalf from “doing any act including exploitation / use of PPL’s copyrighted works in any of its outlets till the final adjudication of the suit. 3. Aggrieved thereby, Azure has filed the present appeal. 4. We h