On the eve of the birth anniversary of playback singer Manna Dey, his daughter successfully got an injunction from a Bangalore civil court to prevent the unauthorised release of his music..The Manna Dey Sangeet Academy, an organisation founded in honour of the singer, planned to host a function to celebrate Dey’s 97th birth anniversary on May 1. As part of this programme, the Academy planned to release CDs of legendary singer’s music, performed by other artists, in collaboration with record label Saregama, and others..However, his daughter and legal heir, Shumita Deb had other plans..Deb, who resides in Bangalore, approached the City Civil Judge seeking an injunction to stay the release of the aforementioned CDs, which she contended to be in violation of the Copyright Act, 1957. The judge granted the interim injunction on April 30, till the next date of hearing on June 11..She was represented by local law firm Common Law Chambers, headed by Sunayana Basu Mallik and Manu Kulkarni..Read the notice of the injunction order sent to the defendants:.Image taken from here.
On the eve of the birth anniversary of playback singer Manna Dey, his daughter successfully got an injunction from a Bangalore civil court to prevent the unauthorised release of his music..The Manna Dey Sangeet Academy, an organisation founded in honour of the singer, planned to host a function to celebrate Dey’s 97th birth anniversary on May 1. As part of this programme, the Academy planned to release CDs of legendary singer’s music, performed by other artists, in collaboration with record label Saregama, and others..However, his daughter and legal heir, Shumita Deb had other plans..Deb, who resides in Bangalore, approached the City Civil Judge seeking an injunction to stay the release of the aforementioned CDs, which she contended to be in violation of the Copyright Act, 1957. The judge granted the interim injunction on April 30, till the next date of hearing on June 11..She was represented by local law firm Common Law Chambers, headed by Sunayana Basu Mallik and Manu Kulkarni..Read the notice of the injunction order sent to the defendants:.Image taken from here.