Not too long ago, the Delhi High Court meted out a very important decision with respect to the status of IPRS as a copyright society. The suit was filed by Mrs Chitra Jagjit Singh (Plaintiff), wife of the late artist Mr Jagjit Singh and a popular artist herself, against IPRS (Defendant 1) for wrongfully issuing licenses with respect to her and her late husband’s copyrighted works.
It was pleaded by the Plaintiff that IPRS was no longer a copyright society,…