Appeal filed by Mr Ilayaraja against INRECO and 2 other companies came up for hearing before the Honourable second bench of the Madras High Court.

Appeal filed by Mr Ilayaraja against INRECO and 2 other companies came up for hearing before the Honourable second bench of the Madras High Court. The court was pleased to admit Ilayaraja’s appeal and posted the matter after two weeks. Earlier the recording company had obtained an injunction against Mr Ilayaraja for 22 movies as they were published in digital media. The main contention was that in the 1980s when agreements with these recording companies were executed, there was no assignment of digital media rights. Therefore they cannot claim those rights now. The important amendment regarding this came into force in year 2012 and those amendments were not considered in the single judge judgement. Digital media rights were recognised in India only from 1996. The agreements which were prior to 1996 cannot claim those rights for them is the important contention of Mr Ilayaraja