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Tarun Chaudhary and another v Kuldeep Meena and others

PRIMA FACIEHigh Court of DelhiCS(COMM) 297/2026Pending - ex parte protection not granted on AI-music issue
AuthorshipCopyrightabilityHuman Creative ContributionAI MusicEvidence / Burden of Proof

Key holding or allegation

The court declined immediate ex parte protection because it was not yet satisfied as to copyright subsistence in the overall work given the AI-generated musical composition.

Why it matters

Direct pending Indian copyrightability case involving mixed human/AI music.

Facts

Claimants asserted rights in a song whose lyrics were human-authored but whose music was acknowledged to have been generated using Suno.

Issues before the court

Whether copyright can be asserted over the song as a whole and what protection is available at the ex parte stage.

What the court did not decide

The court did not hold that AI-generated music is categorically uncopyrightable; the issue remains to be determined on a fuller record.

Procedural timeline

2026-03-25

High Court of Delhi
Interim order: Court declined immediate ex parte protection for the song as a whole because music had been generated using Suno and copyright subsistence required fuller consideration.

PRIMA FACIE