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HC slaps Rs one lakh fine on Javed Akhtar
03rd Dec 2006 18.00 IST
By Agencies

Noted lyricist Javed Akhtar has been slapped a fine of Rs one lakh by the Delhi High Court for withdrawing a copy right violation case against a film production house and causing "unnecessary financial burden" on it to defend itself.

Observing that defendant Magic Mantra Vision was put under "unnecessary hardship" as it had to visit Delhi time and again to defend the case, the court said "in view of the denial of the letter written by him (Akhtar) on January 10, 2001 transferring the copy right.... The suit is dismissed as withdrawn".

But this would be subject to the condition that the lyricist paid Rs one lakh to the production house, Justice A K Sikri said and directed him to pay the amount to the company's proprietor Samarjit Gupta.

The order, a copy of which was available recently, followed Akhtar's failure to appear in compliance to summons issued to him by the High court.

However, Akhtar's lawyer said that his client wanted to withdraw the case against the company as he recognised his signature on the letter through which he had transferred the copy right to the company in 2001.

Earlier, the company's counsel claimed that the production house being the producer of film ‘Pyar Ki Dhun’, had the copy right over the songs in the film as Akhtar had transferred his copy right to it. The counsel also produced the original letter purportedly written by Akhtar transferring the copy right to the company in 2001.

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