Plaintiff filed the present suit inter alia seeking a decree of permanent injunction restraining the defendants,from recording, distributing, broadcasting or otherwise publishing or in any other way exploiting any films, sound recordings, music, lyrics, in the plaintiff's repertoire or doing any other act that would lead to infringement of Plaintiff's copyright; an order for rendition of accounts and delivery of the infringing articles, damages and costs.
This Court has no hesitation in saying that the time has come when the Courts dealing actions for infringement of trade-marks, copyrights, patents etc. should not only grant compensatory damages but award punitive damages also with a view to discourage and dishearten law breakers who indulge in violations with impunity out of lust for money so that they realize that in case they are caught, they would be liable not only to reimburse the aggrieved party but would be liable to pay punitive damages also, which may spell financial disaster for them.
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