MAN MOHAN SHARMA vs DEPINDER SINGH

The Supreme Court addressed the dispute arising from a Publication Agreement between Lt. General Depinder Singh (Retd.) and Dattatreya Prakashan regarding the book 'IPKF in Sri Lanka'. The Court held that the exclusive rights assigned to the publisher did not preclude the author from seeking publication through another publisher after the original publisher expressed unwillingness to print further editions. The Court emphasized that the author retains copyright while the publisher's rights are limited to the terms of the agreement, thus allowing the author to authorize another publisher to print the book.