Delhi HC orders Rakshit Shetty to pay ₹25 lakh for unauthorised use of songs in Bachelor Party
The Hindu
Delhi HC orders Paramvah Studios to pay ₹25 lakh for unauthorised song use in 'Bachelor Party', including fines for non-compliance.
The Delhi High Court has ordered Paramvah Studios, the production house of Kannada actor-filmmaker Rakshit Shetty, to pay ₹25 lakh to MRT Music for the unauthorised use of two songs in his Kannada film ‘Bachelor Party’.
The amount includes ₹20 lakh towards the licence fee for the songs “Nyaya Ellide” and “Omme Ninnanu”, which had already been deposited during the proceedings, and an additional ₹5 lakh imposed as exemplary costs for non-compliance with an earlier court order.
In a judgment delivered on March 28, Justice Tejas Karia held that MRT Music is the exclusive copyright holder of the two songs, having acquired the rights from master recording company Sangeetha through an assignment deed.
The court noted that the producers had approached MRT Music in January 2024 seeking a licence, but went ahead with the film’s theatrical release on January 26, 2024, and later its OTT release without securing permission despite being informed of the licence fee.
Rejecting the defence that the use was protected under “fair use”, the court observed that the songs were deliberately used to enhance the narrative of the film and were therefore not incidental.
The court noted that “Nyaya Ellide” means “where is the justice?”. “It appears that the defendants have carefully chosen this well-known song to further the script of the impugned film,” the court noted.
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