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The Delhi High Court has overturned a single-judge ruling that had found music composer AR Rahman 's Veera Raja Veera from Ponniyin Selvan 2 to be similar to Shiva Stuti , rendered by the junior Dagar brothers, Ustad Nasir Zahiruddin Dagar and Ustad Nasir Faiyazuddin Dagar. The court said, "We have held that the single judge has erred on principle & finding on the basis of the material that shows that the junior Dagar brothers had rendered the composition."

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One who renders composition can't be assumed to be composer

Judges C Hari Shankar and Om Prakash Shukla observed on Wednesday that "the person who renders the composition" can't be assumed to be the composer. The single-judge bench had earlier ruled that Veera Raja Veera is not merely i

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