MR ILAIYARAAJA vs SAREGAMA INDIA LIMITED

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 10 February 2026 Pronounced on: 21 May 2026 + FAO(OS) (COMM) 52/2025 MR ILAIYARAAJA .....Appellant Through: Ms. Swathi Sukumar, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Naveen Nagarjuna, Mr. Ritik Raghuwanshi, Ms. Rishika Agarwal and Ms. Shrudula Murthy, Advs. versus SAREGAMA INDIA LIMITED .....Respondent Through: Mr. J. Sai Deepak, Sr Adv. with Mr. Ankur Sangal, Mr. Ankit Arvind, Mr. Shashwat Rakshit, Mr. Rishabh Rao, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA % JUDGMENT 21.05.2026 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. A. The lis 1. A song is just a song, a thing of joy to lighten a dreary evening. That is, till it becomes subject matter of copyright conflict in a court of law, when it suddenly metamorphoses into much more. 2. Copyright vests, in a song, independently in the music, the FAO(OS) (COMM) 52/2025 3. Ilaiyaraaja, a highly respected music maker from the South, is in appeal before us, challenging judgment dated 30 January 2025 passed by a learned Single Judge of this Court in IA 1021/2025 and IA 2163/2025 in CS (Comm) 38/20251. 4. IA 1021/2025 was filed by the respondent Saregama India Limited2, as the plaintiff