LAWS(MAD)-2013-1-2

S.MAHALINGAM Vs. VASAN PUBLICATIONS PVT. LTD

Decided On January 02, 2013
S.MAHALINGAM Appellant
V/S
Vasan Publications Pvt. Ltd Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This intra court appeal is directed against the order and decretal order dated 9 November 2012 in O.A.No.661 of 2012 in C.S.No.522 of 2012, dismissing the application filed by the appellant for an interim order of injunction restraining the respondents from publishing the art works of late Sri P.M.Sreenivasan, published earlier under the title "Thennattu Selvangal" in Ananda Vikatan during the period 1948 to 1961, as it would infringe the copyright of the legal representatives of the artist.

(2.) The appellant filed a suit in C.S.No.522 of 2012 before the original side of this Court against the respondents with the following contentions :-

(3.) The appellant, along with the suit, filed an interlocutory application in O.A.No.661 of 2012 praying for an order of interim injunction pending disposal of the suit.