Supreme Court · 1978 INSC 138 · Decided 18 August 1978
R.G.ANAND v. M/S. Delux Films & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1978 INSC 138 · [1979] 1 S.C.R. 218
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2030/1968
- Decided
- 18 August 1978
- Bench
- S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI, JASWANT SINGH, R.S. PATHAK (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
F G 218 R.G.ANAND v. M/S. DELUX FILMS & ORS. August 18, 1978 [MURTAZA FAZAL ALI, JASWANT SINGH AND R. S. PATHAK, JJ.t !nfrfngnnent of a copyright in a play in a fifn1-What are the tests-­ JV hcc!:er copy."i}.!ht can be clahned in a theme. Suit for da111ages for infringenient of a matter of the appeal however, is the pl2.y entitled 'Hum Hindustani'. This play was written by him in the year 1953 and was enacted in the year 1954 alld thereafter the play proved to be popular. In November 1954 the appellant received a letter from the second defendant-Mr. 11ohan Sehgal
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