In the court of District Judge at Muzaffarnagar

Suit no. __ of 2015

A. B. s/o C. D.
123, A B Street, Muzaffarnagar, UP ......................................... Plaintiff
Vs.
M. N. s/o O. P.
456, A B Street, Muzaffarnagar, UP ......................................... Respondent

Suit for Compensation for Infringement of Copyright

The plaintiff respectfully states as follows:

Material Facts:
1. That the respondent infringed Plaintiff’s copyright by publishing an article originally written by
plaintiff in her own name. The copy of the proof is attached with this plaint.
2. The newspaper in which the respondent published the article on 2 July 2015 on page number 12 is The
muzaffarnagar times.
3. That the Plaintiff originally published the article in the weekly update magazine on 25 th june, 2015 and
respondent without plaintiff’s permission published the same in his own name.

Cause of Action:
4. That the Respondent on 3rd july, 2015 refused accept the fact that he did not originally write the article .

Valuation:

(5)The suit is valued for the purpose of jurisdiction and court-fee at Rs. 30000/-.

Jurisdiction:
(6) Both the parties reside in Muzaffarnagar, also the newspaper and magazine in case are published in
Muzaffarnagar area only which is within this court's territorial jurisdiction.
.

Relief Claimed:

The plaintiff, there fore prays that,

1. The court be pleased to order the respondent to accept that the article in reference is not originally
written by him.
2. The respondent be ordered to pay compensation for infringement of copyright, loss occurred by
plaintiff as a consequence of this act and cost of this litigation.
Place: …………………. (Signature of the plaintiff)
Date: …………………..
XYZ
Advocate

Verification

I, ______, do hereby solomnly verify that the contents from paras 1 to 4 are correct and true to the
best of my knowledge and contents from para 5 to 6 are based on legal advice, which I believe to be
correct. Affirmed at Muzaffarnagar this 5th Day of july 2015.
(Signature)
Plaintiff