Show respect to Jr Dagar Bandhu, SC tells A R Rahman

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court connected Friday told euphony composer A R Rahman to amusement respect to and admit Junior Dagar Bandhu’s contributions to the Dhrupad contented of Indian classical music.

Their heir has accu-sed Rahman of copyright infringement.Ustad Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar filed a suit seeking to barroom Rahman from utilizing ‘Shiva Stuti’, which helium clai-med was primitively composed by Ustad Faiyazuddin Dagar and his member Zahiruddin Dagar, successful ‘Veera Raja Veera’. He said helium inactive held copyright implicit the creation by his begetter and his uncle.The plaintiff had said recognition should beryllium fixed to the Dagar Brothers erstwhile the ‘Veera Raja Veera’ mentation was played crossed each modes and mediums, including digital, internet, OTT platforms, satellite, cablegram television, etc.Delhi HC’s Justice Pratibha Singh had asked the existing recognition enactment ‘Composition based connected a Dagarvani Tradition Dhrupad’ beryllium replaced with ‘Composition based connected Shiva Stuti by Late Ustad Faiyazuddin Dagar, Late Ustad Zahiruddin Dagar’.The 4 defendants, including Rahman, were asked to deposit Rs 2 crore each, taxable to result of the suit. A part seat of the HC had acceptable speech the interim directions — alteration of recognition and Rs 2 crore deposit — saying Dagar had failed to found prima facie impervious of authorship oregon originality of ‘Shiva Stuti’.

An SC seat of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi told Rahman’s counsel, A M Singhvi, that the plaintiff has made retired a lawsuit with respect to the originality of the creation but the contented of authorship would beryllium examined.Both the CJI and Justice Bagchi were unequivocal astir the immense contributions made by Dagar Bandhu to Indian classical euphony and said, “Without their and different exponents’ contributions, bash you deliberation modern singers would person survived?” SC told Singhvi “instead of going into ineligible niceties, you could springiness immoderate respect to them. They’re not successful commercialized contention with you.”