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Sony Music Entertainment India Private Limited connected Wednesday (October 22, 2025) refused to stock with instrumentalist R. Ilaiyaraaja the connection of accounts with respect to the gross earned by it done the ‘commercial exploitation’ of the songs composed by him for definite movies successful the past.
Appearing earlier Justice N. Senthilkumar of the Madras High Court, elder counsel Vijay Narayan said, his lawsuit had brought the connection of accounts to the tribunal successful a sealed screen and was acceptable to spot it earlier the tribunal for the perusal of the justice alone.
He refused to stock a transcript of the connection of accounts with the counsel representing the musician, by claiming confidentiality with respect to the commercialized accusation regarding the proceeds received from platforms specified arsenic Apple Music, Amazon Music, Spotify, and truthful on.
The elder counsel said, the instrumentalist would not beryllium entitled to specified commercialized accusation unless helium succeeds successful establishing his ineligible close implicit the songs which helium had composed for assorted movies aft receiving owed remuneration from the movie producers.
On the different hand, elder counsel S. Prabakaran, appearing connected behalf of Mr. Ilaiyaraaja, told the justice that the Supreme Court had clip and again deprecated the signifier of submitting accusation successful sealed covers. He insisted that Sony Music indispensable beryllium directed to disclose the details.
After proceeding some sides, Justice Senthilkumar decided not to unfastened the sealed screen since Mr. Narayan besides informed him that Sony Music had approached the Supreme Court past week for the transportation of the suit filed by Mr. Ilaiyarajaa from the Madras High Court to the Bombay High Court.
The elder counsel said, the euphony institution had filed a civilian suit earlier the Bombay High Court successful 2021 for declaring it arsenic the copyright holder of the songs composed by Mr. Ilaiyaraaja for definite films and to restrain him from claiming immoderate commercialized rights implicit them.
After 4 agelong years since that suit was filed, the instrumentalist had filed the contiguous suit earlier the Madras High Court seeking precisely the converse prayers. Therefore, Sony Music had chosen to attack the Supreme Court for transferring the contiguous suit to Bombay High Court, helium added.
Mr. Narayan besides said a Bench comprising Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai and Justice K. Vinod Chandran of the apical tribunal had ordered announcement to Mr. Ilaiyaraaja connected the transportation petition connected October 15, 2025, and the adjacent proceeding of the transportation plea was apt to instrumentality spot connected November 26, 2025.
Though the Supreme Court had not stayed the proceedings earlier the Madras High Court but lone ordered announcement to the musician, Justice Senthilkumar said, it had been signifier of the High Courts to instrumentality their hands disconnected a lawsuit until the apical tribunal takes a telephone connected the transportation plea.
Therefore, helium directed the Madras High Court Registry to database Mr. Ilaiyaraaja’s suit adjacent connected November 27, 2025, to ascertain the developments earlier the Supreme Court. He besides decided not to unfastened the sealed cover, containing the connection of accounts, presented by Mr. Narayan.
The justice had called for the connection during the erstwhile proceeding of the suit connected September 26, 2025.
