Oscar-winning music composer AR Rahman got a huge relief from the Delhi High Court for accepting his plea and was granted the benefit of the doubt in the copyright dispute related to Ponniyin Selvan Part II's song Veera Raja Veera. As per the reports, the Slumdog Millionaire composer's petition was proved in court on September 24.

As the Indian Express reported, justices C. Hari Shankar and Om Prakash Shukla announced the verdict, stating, "We have not examined the (copyright) infringement aspect in this case.” The verdict demonstrated that the definition of Section 2 of the Copyright Act would have to be changed if every musical composition were to be copyrighted by its author. A detailed ruling will be granted by the court soon.

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