https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197825 A civil court cannot grant declaratory or injunctive relief that would effectively operate as a compulsory licence under the Copyright Act while an application for that licence is pending before the Copyright Board. The Act was treated as a special, self-contained code, with the Board having exclusive power to decide compulsory licensing and the statutory scheme also addressing unauthorised broadcast and appellate review. On that basis, the suit and interim relief were not maintainable in civil court, and the statutory remedy had to be pursued before the Copyright Board. en-us Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:58:16 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197825 A civil court cannot grant declaratory or injunctive relief that would effectively operate as a compulsory licence under the Copyright Act while an application for that licence is pending before the Copyright Board. The Act was treated as a special, self-contained code, with the Board having exclusive power to decide compulsory licensing and the statutory scheme also addressing unauthorised broadcast and appellate review. On that basis, the suit and interim relief were not maintainable in civil court, and the statutory remedy had to be pursued before the Copyright Board. Case-Laws Companies Law Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197825