W.P.(C)-IPD 21/2021 & CM APPL.Nos. 28, 35, 17949 of 2021
PHONOGRAPHIC PERFORMANCE LIMITED ..... Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA ..... Respondent
W.P. (C)- IPD 41/2021 and CM No.27851/2021
PHONOGRAPHIC PERFORMANCE LIMITED ..... Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents.

CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE YOGESH KHANNA
YOGESH KHANNA, J.
1. Both the above captioned writ petitions are filed with the following 

2. Both these petitions are being disposed of by this common order. 

3. The petitioner “Phonographic Performance Limited”, a company 
registered under the Companies Act, 1956, (hereinafter referred as PPL) 
was a registered copyright society till the introduction of an amendment 
in the Copyright Act in the year 2012. It introduced section 33(3A)
mandating “every copyright society already registered before the coming 
into force of the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012 shall get itself 
registered under this Chapter within a period of one year from the date 
of commencement of the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012.”...