Overview
- The credits will add a line noting the composition is inspired by the Dagarvani Dhrupad tradition and was first recorded as ‘Shiv Stuti’ by the Junior Dagar Brothers.
- The Supreme Court directed that the revised credits appear across OTT and social media platforms within five weeks.
- The acknowledgement was recorded without prejudice, and the civil suit will proceed on its own merits uninfluenced by the Supreme Court’s observations.
- The bench disposed of Ustad Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar’s special leave petition that challenged a Delhi High Court division bench order.
- Dagar alleges Veera Raja Veera reproduces protectable elements of Shiva Stuti, first publicly fixed in 1978, while Rahman maintains the piece is part of a traditional repertoire and that the film song is an original work.