“I don’t think I’ll be able to deliver the verdict tomorrow,” she told the lawyers. On August 18, 2015, the then first Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul (now a Supreme Court judge) and Justice T.S. Sivagnanam had consolidated both the suits and ordered joint trial by a single judge of the court. Thereafter, Justice M. Sathyanarayanan framed eight issues to be answered by the court in Agi Music’s civil suit and 14 issues in the composer’s suit. He accused the music labels of monetising his compositions without his permission.

Source: The Hindu April 29, 2019 20:00 UTC